@article{350220,
      author = {Thomas, Hugh,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/350220},
      title = {Conquest : Montezuma, Cortés, and the fall of Old Mexico  /},
      publisher = {Simon & Schuster,},
      abstract = {In 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 bestselling 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. Here, in a  brilliant and detailed narrative, full of the sound and  fury of great events and the clash of empires and  personalities, is a book that rivals Prescott's for its  sweeping view of history, but is written with a new respect  for the civilization and culture that Cortes ruthlessly  destroyed. 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. It bristles with moral and political issues  that are profoundly relevant to our time, and is also a  thrilling narrative, brimful of the sheer excitement of  discovery.},
      recid = {350220},
      pages = {xx, 812 p. :},
      address = {New York :},
      year = {1993},
}