History of the Conquest of Mexico - Rilegato

Prescott, William H.

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ISBN 10: 0679602992 ISBN 13: 9780679602996

Casa editrice: Modern Library, 1998

Riassunto

A definitive study of the ancient Aztec culture, which was defeated by the Spanish, includes accounts of the subsequent conflicts and settlements

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"It is a magnificent epic," said William H. Prescott after the publication of History of the Conquest of Mexico in 1843. Since then, his sweeping account of Cortés's subjugation of the Aztec people has endured as a landmark work of scholarship and dramatic storytelling. This pioneering study presents a compelling view of the clash of civilizations that reverberates in Latin America to this day.
----"Regarded simply from the standpoint of literary criticism, the Conquest of Mexico is Prescott's masterpiece," judged his biographer Harry Thurston Peck. "More than that, it is one of the most brilliant examples which the English language possesses of literary art applied to historical narration. . . . Here, as nowhere else, has Prescott succeeded in delineating character. All the chief actors of his great historic drama not only live and breathe, but they are as distinctly differentiated as they must have been in

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Modern Library
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0679602992
• ISBN 13: 9780679602996
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 1005
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile