History Of Hernando Cortez by John S.C. Abbott
This narrative recounts the life and exploits of Hernando Cortés, tracing his rise from a comparatively obscure Spanish nobleman to the commander of the expedition that overthrew the Aztec Empire; it follows his strategic alliances with indigenous groups (notably the Tlaxcalans), his use of interpreters such as La Malinche, the capture of Tenochtitlan and Montezuma, setbacks like La Noche Triste, and the eventual siege and fall of the Aztec capital—while also treating the roles of disease, ambition for gold and glory, religious motives, political conflicts with rivals and the Crown, and his later decline and contested legacy, presented in the moralizing, narrative style characteristic of mid-19th-century history.
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