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Prescott, W.H.: History of the Conquest of Mexico (Abridged)
Label Catalogue Number:
NA428212
NA428212
ISBN: 9789629549947
Download Size: 231 Mb
Running Time: 04:48:52
Download Size: 231 Mb
Running Time: 04:48:52
Release Date: February 2003
Originally recorded in 2003
Originally recorded in 2003
Author
William Hickling Prescott
William Hickling Prescott
Producer
Nicolas Soames
Nicolas Soames
Reader
Kerry Shale
Kerry Shale
Genre:
Spoken Word
History
Spoken Word
History
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Prescott, W.H.: History of the Conquest of Mexico (Abridged)
Read by Kerry Shale
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.
