Full name: Conquest: Cortes, Montezuma, and the Fall of Old Mexico

Author: Hugh Thomas Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Amazon Goodreads ISBNs: 9780671511043 0671511041

Drawing on newly discovered sources and writing with brilliance, drama, and profound historical insight, Hugh Thomas presents an engrossing narrative of one of the most significant events of Western history.Ringing with the fury of two great empires locked in an epic battle, Conquest captures in extraordinary detail the Mexican and Spanish civilizations and offers unprecedented in-depth portraits of the legendary opponents, Montezuma and Cortés. Conquest is an essential work of history from one of our most gifted historians. Similar books: History of the Conquest of Mexico by William H. Prescott Letters from Mexico by Hernan Cortes The Broken Spears by Miguel Leon Portilla Cortes and Montezuma by Maurice Collis Conquistador by Buddy Levy The Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Diaz del Castillo Aztecs by Inga Clendinnen Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest by Matthew Restall Empires of the Atlantic World by J. H. Elliott Rivers of Gold by Hugh Thomas Civilization by Roger Osborne Catastrophe by David Keys A Brief History of the Western World by Thomas H. Greer The Evolution of Civilizations by Carroll Quigley 1492 by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto