Author: Diaz del Castillo, Bernal

Brand: Penguin

Color: Multicolor

Edition: Reprint

Binding: Paperback

Format: Deckle Edge

Number Of Pages: 416

Release Date: 01-08-1963

Part Number: 9780140441239

Details: Vivid, powerful and absorbing, this is a first-person account of one of the most startling military episodes in history: the overthrow of Montezuma's doomed Aztec Empire by the ruthless Hernan Cortes and his band of adventurers.

Bernal Díaz del Castillo, himself a soldier under Cortes, presents a fascinatingly detailed description of the Spanish landing in Mexico in 1520 and their amazement at the city, the exploitation of the natives for gold and other treasures, the expulsion and flight of the Spaniards, their regrouping and eventual capture of the Aztec capital.

EAN: 9780140441239

Package Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 1.2 inches

Languages: English, Spanish