The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico Summary and Reviews

The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico
by Miguel Leon-Portillo

The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico
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Author: Miguel Leon-Portillo
Translator: Lysander Kemp
Foreword: J. Jorge Klor de Alva
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-04-15
ISBN: 080705500X
Number of pages: 265
Publisher: Beacon Press

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Book Review: What the textbooks don't tell you...
Summary: 5 Stars

This is a great book to read along with Bernal Diaz's Conquest of Mexico/New Spain. Told from a variety of Aztec viewpoints, these eyewitness accounts directly contradict what the Spanish reported. Obviously, both are right and wrong--and that's what makes this so good. (Excellent for high school students who want to see the choices historians have to make between differing primary sources.) It's a 9 read alone, a 10 when combined with Diaz.

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