The Conquest of New Spain
by Bernal Díaz del Castillo, J.M. Cohen

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• Places: Mexico, Tenochtitlan
• Characters: Bernal Díaz del Castillo
• Release date: July 26, 1973
• Format: paperback, 416 pages
• ISBN: 9780140441239 (0140441239)
• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Genres: history, classics, spain, war, memoir, biography, historical
• Author: Bernal Díaz del Castillo, J.M. Cohen
• Language: english

About The Book

Vivid and absorbing, this is a first-person account of one of the most startling military episodes in history: the overthrow of Montezuma’s Aztec empire by the ruthless Hernan Cortes and his band of adventurers. Bernal Díaz del Castillo, himself a soldier under Cortes, presents a fascinatingly detailed description of the Spanish landing in Mexico in 1520, their amazement at the city, the exploitation of the natives for gold and other treasures, the expulsion and flight of the Spaniards, their regrouping and eventual capture of the Aztec capital. The Conquest of New Spain has a compelling immediacy that brings the past to life and offers a unique eyewitness view of the conquest of one of the greatest civilizations in the New World.

J. M. Cohen’s clear, fluent translation is supplemented by an introduction that illuminates the life and memories of Bernal Díaz and explores changing views of the conquest, and there are also maps of the conquered territory.

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