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The Broken Spears: Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico [Paperback]

Miguel Leon-Portilla (Author)
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  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Beacon Press; Expanded edition edition (May 1992)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0807055018
  • ISBN-13: 978-0807055014
  • Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 20 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars What the textbooks don't tell you... 7 Feb 1997
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This is a great book to read along with Bernal Diaz's Conquest of Mexico/New Spain. Told from a variety of Aztec viewpoints, these eyewitness accounts directly contradict what the Spanish reported. Obviously, both are right and wrong--and that's what makes this so good. (Excellent for high school students who want to see the choices historians have to make between differing primary sources.)

It's a 9 read alone, a 10 when combined with Diaz.
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Good selection of native sources chronicle Mexican conquest. 14 Jun 1998
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This work provides native Aztec tellings of the Spanish conquest under Cortez. The selections are presented chronologically, with typically two versions of each incident. The book itself is well done and not difficult to read, with some copies of native illustrations. Although this work cannot be compared to the vivid, first person account of Diaz, it does provide some interesting inside information on the Aztec reaction and their first impressions of the new arrivals. The final chapter brings the struggle of the native vanquished to light by quoting written sources through the 20th century. Unfortunately making the historical implications much too political. Still it is a well done and thoughtful book.
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3 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great account of Spanish conquest from Aztec point of view. 21 Sep 1998
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This book is really good if you want to find out what 'really' happened when the Spanish came to Mexico. It explains in great detail all the events that lead up to Cortez conquring the Aztec empire.
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