by Hugh Thomas · Simon & Schuster · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780671511043
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«Conquest: Cortes, Montezuma, and the Fall of Old Mexico» is the historical essay by Hugh Thomas, published by Simon & Schuster in paperback (832 pages).
The book reconstructs the fall of the Aztec empire before the advance of Hernán Cortés's Spanish conquistadors. Drawing on recently located sources, it describes the clash between the Mexican and Spanish civilizations and traces the profiles of Moctezuma and Cortés in a narrative of great epic breadth.
Text in English. Originally published in 1993 as The Conquest of Mexico; this Simon & Schuster edition is from 1995.
Recommended for readers interested in the history of Mexico, Spanish expansion in the Americas, and pre-Columbian civilizations.
Hugh Swynnerton Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton, was an English historian and writer known best for his book The Spanish Civil War.
