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Title details for History of the Conquest of Mexico by William Hickling Prescott - Available

History of the Conquest of Mexico

by William Hickling Prescott
Kerry Shale
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In 1519, Hernando Cortés arrived in Mexico to investigate stories of a wealthy empire. What he encountered was beyond his wildest dreams - an advanced civilisation with complex artistic, political and religious systems (involving extensive human sacrifice) and replete with gold. This was the Aztec empire, headed by the aloof emperor, Montezuma. With just a handful of men, Cortés achieved the impossible, crushing the Aztecs and their allies, and effectively annexing the whole territory for Spain. One of the most extraordinary stories of conquest in mankind's history, it is told here in the classic account by the American historian W. H. Prescott.

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  • Release date

    April 28, 2005

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9789629549947
      • File size: 138834 KB
      • Duration: 04:49:14

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      This audiobook, listed as nonfiction and copyrighted in 2002, was first published as a three-volume work in 1843 by a blind man who never visited Mexico. Considered authoritative at the time, Prescott's artistic prose would be classified as historical fiction today, and no longer politically correct or scientifically accurate. With precise and slow diction, narrator Kerry Shale mispronounces the majority of the abundant Spanish and N‡huatl words, as well as many English terms. These shortcomings of content and performance, further compromised by a choppy abridgment, result in a disappointing production. J.A.H. (c) AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine

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