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082	1		_aREF 972.02 THO _2
100	1		_aThomas, Hugh
240	1	0	_aToller Cranston Collection
245	1	0	_aConquest _b: Montezuma, Cortes and the fall of old Mexico _c/ Hugh Thomas
260			_aNew York _b: Touchstone Book _c, 1993
300			_a812 p. _b: illus. _c; 25 cm.
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 774-793) and index.
520			_aIn Conquest one of the most distinguished modern historians has written the first major history of the conquest of Mexico since Prescott's classic account, published over 150 years ago. Cortes' conquest of Mexico in 1519-1521 is one of the most famous stories in the world. Macaulay wrote that the way Aztec emperor Montezuma died was one of the two things that every schoolboy knew. The story of the 500 conquistadores landing near Vera Cruz, the subsequent burning of the boats, the march up to the Aztec capital, the extraordinary battles and ruses en route, the welcome by Montezuma, the later quarrels, the Spanish withdrawal, the bloody fighting, and the eventual apocalyptic victory can never fail to excite the imagination. Drawing on newly discovered sources and taking into account information not available to earlier scholars, Hugh Thomas, author of The Spanish Civil War and The History of the Cuban Revolution, presents a full and balanced history of one of the most significant events of Western civilization, a subject and an era of continued fascination to millions of readers. Hugh Thomas' account of the collapse of Montezuma's great Mexican empire under the onslaughts of Cortes' conquistadores is one of the major historical works of the decade.
546			_aEnglish.
600	1	4	_aCortés, Hernán _d(, 1485-1547)
600	1	4	_aMoctezuma _bII _c, Emperor of Mexico _d(, ca. 1466-1520)
650		4	_aMexico _x-History _y-Conquest, 1519-1540
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