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100	1		_aEnrigue, Alvaro, _d1969-
245	1	0	_aYou dreamed of empires / _cÁlvaro Enrigue
264		1	_aNew York : _bRiverhead Books, _c2024
300			_a222 p. ; _c22 cm
520			_aOne morning in 1519, conquistador Hernán Cortés entered the city of Tenochtitlan - today's Mexico City. Later that day, he would meet the emperor Moctezuma in a collision of two worlds, two empires, two languages, two possible futures. Cortés was accompanied by his nine captains, his troops, and his two translators: Friar Aguilar, a taciturn, former slave, and Malinalli, a strategic, former princess. Greeted at a ceremonial welcome meal by the steely princess Atotoxli, sister and wife of Moctezuma, the Spanish nearly bungle their entrance to the city. As they await their meeting with Moctezuma - who is at a political, spiritual, and physical crossroads, and relies on hallucinogens to get himself through the day and in quest for any kind of answer from the gods - the Spanish are ensconced in the labyrinthine palace. Soon, one of Cortés's captains, Jazmín Caldera, overwhelmed by the grandeur of the city, begins to question the ease with which they were welcomed into the city, and wonders at the risks of getting out alive, much less conquering the empire. You Dreamed of Empires brings to life Tenochtitlan at its height, and reimagines its destiny.
546			_aTranslated from the Spanish to English
650		0	_aTenochtitlán, Battle of, Mexico City, Mexico, 1521 _vFiction
651		0	_aMexico _xHistory _yConquest, 1519-1540 _vFiction
655		7	_aHistorical fiction
700	1		_aWimmer, Natasha
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