Discovery and Conquest of Mexico 1517-1521 - Couverture rigide

Del Castillo, Bernal Diaz

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0899665594 ISBN 13 : 9780899665597

Editeur : Buccaneer Books, 1986

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Bernal Díaz del Castillo(1495–1584) served under Cortés through the entire Mexican campaign, and his narrative, one of only four extant firsthand accounts, is both an invaluable hirstorical document and a spectacular epic. He was with Cortés when the latter sank the ships, thus committing the small band of conquistadors irrevocably to the Conquest; he was privy to the counsels of the leaders and was at hand when Montezuma was made a prisoner in his own palace. Bernal Díaz fought in over a hundred battles and skirmishes against an enemy who made living sacrifices of their prisoners. These things he saw and recorded in a bold blunt voice whose immediacy, in Maudslay's classic translation, reaches across the centuries to invite readers to witness for themselves the horrors and wonders of the initial, apocalyptic clash between two great civilizations.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Bernal Diaz del Castillo fought in over one hundred battles against Mexico. His account of the conquest is one of only four firsthand accounts.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Buccaneer Books
• Date d'édition: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0899665594
• ISBN 13: 9780899665597
• Reliure: Relié