The Conquest of New Spain - Brossura

Diaz Del Castillo, Bernal

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0140441239 ISBN 13: 9780140441239

Casa editrice: Penguin Classics, 1963

Riassunto

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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L'autore:

Spanish historian Bernal Diaz del Castillo (c.1492-1584) was a soldier in the army of the conquistador Cortes in the attack on the Aztecs.

J M Cohen translated widely from French and Spanish, including for Penguin Classics Montaigne's Essays and Cervantes' Don Quixote.

Product Description:

Great Britain. 18 cm. 390 p. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Idioma inglés. Manchas de humedad .. Este libro es de segunda mano y tiene o puede tener marcas y señales de su anterior propietario.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Penguin Classics
• Data di pubblicazione: 1963
• ISBN 10: 0140441239
• ISBN 13: 9780140441239
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 416