History of the Conquest of Mexico

The thing I like about this book is both its strong narrative, almost novelistic, thrust, and its heavy footnoting throughout (at the end of most chapters there's a little bibliographic essay). Prescott's familiarity with his sources seems exhaustive. Reading him is a little bit like reading Gibbon.......more

This was very good in my opinion. It is considered the concrete writing that sets the standard for the Aztecs and the conquest of Mexico. It is divided into seven books. The first book gave the extensive history of the pre-exploration Mexican region. This included the history of primitive Mexico and......more

So beautifully written I hardly noticed it was a history book. What a journey Cortes took his followers on. What a determined man. The writing was poetic, absolutely unique. Thank you Feliks for recommending it to me. A tragic history, this country, and the Mexicans rose up against the Spanish with......more

This is the absolute best! What an exciting story.......more

This book is incredibly interesting both from the standpoint of the author, a man from 1841, and the history of the conquest of the Aztecs. In most modern history books written nowadays, the Aztecs are portrayed as victims and the conquistadors as villains. Prescot is able to show the good and bad o......more