The conquest of New Spain
/ Bernal Diaz ; translated with an introduction by J.M. Cohen
- Baltimore, MD : Penguin Books , c1963
- 412 p. : illus. ; 20 cm
Translation of the first 157 chapters of: Historia verdadera de la conquista de la nueva Espaņa.
Vivid, powerful and absorbing, this is a first-person account of one of the most startling military episodes in history- the overthrow of Montezuma's doomed Aztec Empire by the ruthless Hernan Cortes and his band of adventurers.
Translated from the Spanish to English
9780140441239
Spain---Social life and customs Mexico---History---Sources---Conquest, 1519-1540