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<p>"It is a magnificent epic," said William H. Prescott after the publication of <i>History of the Conquest of Mexico</i> in 1843. Since then, his sweeping account of Cortés's subjugation of the Aztec people has endured as a landmark work of scholarship and dramatic storytelling. This pioneering study presents a compelling view of the clash of civilizations that reverberates in Latin America to this day.</p> <p>"Regarded simply from the standpoint of literary criticism, the <i>Conquest of Mexico</i> is Prescott's masterpiece," judged his biographer Harry Thurston Peck. "More than that, it is one of the most brilliant examples which the English language possesses of literary art applied to historical narration. . . . Here, as nowhere else, has Prescott succeeded in delineating character. All the chief actors of his great historic drama not only live and breathe, but they are as distinctly differentiated as they must have been in life. Cortés and his lieutenants are persons whom we actually come to know in the pages of Pres-cott. . . . Over against these brilliant figures stands the melancholy form of Montezuma, around whom, even from the first, one feels gathering the darkness of hi

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Author

William H. Prescott

Publisher

New York: Modern Library

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9780375758034

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, History, Humanities

Rating

4.15 / 5 (258 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14