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.
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