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The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico
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Post conquest account of the Aztecs

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Jorge
Dec 09, 2009 rated it really liked it
A counterbalance to Castillo's Conquest of New Spain offering greater insight than could ever be gained from reading just the prior. The latter allows for the vanquished to tell the story in their own words for the first time in centuries. Not as detailed as it really could have been but still a great intro to the basics of the Nahua people. ...more
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