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The Conquest of Mexico Hardcover – Unabridged, 1934

by William Prescott (Author)
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Product Details

  • Series: INTERNATIONAL COLLECTORS LIBRARY
  • Hardcover: 488 pages
  • Publisher: International Collectors Library American Headquarters; Unknown edition (1934)
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B001IPH2DE
  • Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.7 x 1.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,028,387 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
THE FAMED 19TH CENTURY HISTORIAN'S ACCOUNT OF CORTÉS AND MONTEZUMA
By Steven H Propp TOP 100 REVIEWER on February 14, 2013
Format: Hardcover
William Hickling Prescott (1796-1859) was an eminent American historian. He wrote in the Preface to this 1843 book, "Although the subject of the work is, properly, only the Conquest of Mexico, I have prepared the way for it by such a view of the civilization of the ancient Mexicans ... If I shall have succeeded in giving the reader a just idea of the true nature and extent of the civilization to which the Mexicans had attained, it will not be labour lost." (Pg. xviii) He notes difficulty of his task, however: "his [Montezuma's] history is to be collected solely from Spanish writers... It is the hard fate of this unfortunate monarch, to be wholly indebted for his portraiture to the pencil of his enemies." (Pg. 220)

He states, "The tutelary diety of the Aztecs was the god of war... The soldier, who fell in battle, was transported at once to the regions of ineffable bliss... Every war, therefore, became a crusade; and the warrior, animated by a religious enthusiasm, like that of the ... Christian crusader ... courted... the imperishable crown of martyrdom. Thus we find the same impulse acting in the most opposite quarters of the globe... each earnestly invoking the holy name of religion in the perpetuation of human butchery." (Pg. 19) Nevertheless, "the Aztec and Tezcucan races were advanced in civilisation very far beyond the wandering tribes of North America" (pg. 21), and their calendar had "astonishing precision." (Pg. 43)

He records "the popular traditions respecting Quetzalcoatl, that deity with a fair complexion and flowing beard, so unlike the Indian physiognomy, who... promised, on his departure, to return at some future day with his posterity." (Pg. 122) Later, Cortés "encouraged the idea that his own sovereign was the great Being indicated by Montezuma." (Pg.Read more ›
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A slightly Eurocentric view of Mexico's defeat and occupation.
By Byravan Viswanathan on June 13, 2014
Format: Paperback
On the whole it is very good reading and perhaps if in book form and with illustrations it would be much better. It sorely lacks maps. Not one is available at least in the Kindle edition. It keeps the reader guessing as to where the Spaniards were at any particular time in relation to Cuba, the Gulf Coast and the Yucatan. I consider it Eurocentric because the author has more praise for Cortes than we know he deserves today. Cortes used every trick, subterfuge and hoodwinking he could muster to overcome a far less developed people. He and his men were also savagely brutal. The author is European and so what else can one expect when written in the 19th. century when colonialism was in its heyday and every civilization which was non-European was considered inferior. The author has however done justice to the high level of craftsmanship of the peoples of the area by describing in detail their costumes, jewllery goods and finery. We also get to a fine picture of the verdant nature of the land and the highly advanced agricultural development of the locals. Descriptions of the gory human sacrifices are very informative for those unfamiliar with the rituals of the Aztecs but the numbers given of the dead in battle as well as those sacrificed at the temples appear exaggerated. All in all it is interesting to read but a bit too long and detailed. In the end the reader will come away with greatly increased knowledge of what Mexico was in the 16th. and 17th. centuries and also the incredible avarice of the Spanish and their utterly skewed idea of Christ, the Virgin Mary and Christianity in whose name they claimed the lands.
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Two Stars
By Sue B. on January 20, 2015
Format: Hardcover Verified Purchase
It arrived on time. It wasn't the book that is pictured.
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Book about conquest of Mexico
By curmudgeon on July 22, 2013
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This bookseller got this book out to me in excellent time. It was well packaged and without damage. It was a used book in very good condition, just as advertised. This book seller as most booksellers who work with/through Amazon does a good job and should be trusted to deliver exactly what you expect. As for the book, I have not yet started reading but I will. I have bought several used books through Amazon and I can tell you that buying their used books is a good way to save yourself some money.
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Conquest of Mexico
By Dylan Stratton on April 23, 2014
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This is one novel I have thoroughly sought out to purchase for some time now, though I am a little confused by the cover.
It seems to be newly bound, while the text is aged. However, the content is what I was looking for.
I am curious though, as to what may have happened to the original cover. Or is it a reprinting?
Came quickly anyway.
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