Full name: Conquistador: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs

Author: Buddy Levy Year: 2008 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction, Biographies, War/Military, Historical fiction Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780553805383 055380538X

It was a moment unique in human history, the face-to-face meeting between two men from civilizations a world apart. In 1519, Hernan Cortes arrived on the shores of Mexico, determined not only to expand the Spanish expire but to convert the natives to Catholicism and carry off a fortune in gold. That he saw nothing paradoxical in his intentions is one of the most remarkable and tragic aspects of this unforgettable story. In Tenochtitlan, Cortes met his Aztec counterpart, Montezuma: king, divinity, and commander of the most powerful military in the Americas. Yet in less than two years, Cortes defeated the entire Aztec nation in one of the most astounding battles ever waged. The story of a lost kingdom, a relentless conqueror, and a doomed warrior, "Conquistador" is history at its most riveting. Similar books: Cortes and Montezuma by Maurice Collis Aztecs by Inga Clendinnen The Broken Spears by Miguel Leon Portilla History of the Conquest of Mexico by William H. Prescott The Greatest Stories Never Told by Rick Beyer Conquest by Hugh Thomas Captain Bligh's Portable Nightmare by John Toohey 1492 by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto The Evolution of Civilizations by Carroll Quigley A Brief History of the Western World by Thomas H. Greer Unnatural Murder by Anne Somerset Catastrophe by David Keys Cotton by Stephen Yafa Civilization by Roger Osborne Love Stories by Jonathan Ned Katz Born Survivors by Wendy Holden Hitler Youth by Susan Campbell Bartoletti The Aviators by Winston Groom 50 Children by Steven Pressman Dear Miss Breed by Joanne Oppenheim