MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2007052178
003 DLC
005 20080625132737.0
008 071220s2008 nyuabf b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2007052178
020 $a9780553805383 (hbk.)
020 $a055380538X (hbk.)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn185056591
035 $a(OCoLC)185056591$z(OCoLC)181599965
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
043 $an-mx---
050 00 $aF1230$b.L45 2008
082 00 $a972/.02$222
100 1 $aLevy, Buddy,$d1960-
245 10 $aConquistador :$bHernán Cortés, King Montezuma, and the last stand of the Aztecs /$cBuddy Levy.
260 $aNew York :$bBantam Books,$c2008.
300 $ax, 429 p., [8] p. of plates :$bill. (chiefly col.), col. map ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [393]-411) and index.
520 $aIn 1519, Hernán Cortés arrived on the shores of Mexico with a roughshod crew of adventurers and the intent to expand the Spanish empire. Along the way, this brash and roguish conquistador schemed to convert the native inhabitants to Catholicism and carry off a fortune in gold. In Tenochtitlán, the City of Dreams, Cortés met his Aztec counterpart, Montezuma: king, divinity, ruler of a complex and sophisticated civilization with fifteen million people, and commander of the most powerful military machine in the Americas. Yet in less than two years, Cortés defeated the entire Aztec nation in one of the most astonishing military campaigns ever waged. Sometimes outnumbered thousands-to-one, Cortés repeatedly beat seemingly impossible odds. Journalist Levy meticulously researches the mix of cunning, courage, brutality, superstition, and finally disease that enabled Cortés and his men to survive.--From publisher description.
505 0 $aSetting out for New Spain and the serendipitous gift of language -- The battle with the Tabascans and the acquisition of La Malinche -- Montezuma's message -- The gambler stakes all : "either win the land, or die in the attempt" -- Into the mountains -- The massacre of Cholula -- The city of dreams -- City of sacrifice -- Seizure of empire -- Cortés and Montezuma -- Spaniard versus Spaniard -- The Festival of Toxcatl -- Montezuma's ironic fate -- La noche triste -- "Fortune favors the bold" -- "The great rash" -- Return to the Valley of Mexico -- The wooden serpent -- Encirclement -- The siege begins -- Clash of empires -- The last stand of the Aztecs.
651 0 $aMexico$xHistory$yConquest, 1519-1540.
600 10 $aCortés, Hernán,$d1485-1547.