Miguel Leon-Portilla, author of more than forty books including "Broken Spears", is the world's leading scholar on Mesoamerican literature. He lives in Mexico

Illustrations

Introduction

Chapter One Omens Foretelling the Arrival of the Spaniards

Chapter Two First Reports of the Spaniards Arrival

Chapter Three The Messengers Journeys

Chapter Four Motecuhzomas Terror and Apathy

Chapter Five The Spaniards March on Tlaxcala and Cholula

The God Tezcatlipoca Appears

Chapter Ten The Night of Sorrows

Chapter Eleven The Siege of Tenochtitlan

Chapter Twelve Spanish Raids into the Besieged City

Chapter Thirteen The Surrender of Tenochtitlan

Chapter Fourteen The Story of the Conquest as Told by the Anonymous

Chapter Fifteen Elegies on the Fall of the City

Appendix

Postscript




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Chapter Seven The Spaniards Are Welcomed in Tezcoco

Chapter Eight The Spaniards Arrive in Tenochtitlan

Chapter Nine The Massacre in the Main Temple during the Fiesta

Selected

A moving and powerful account, a unique reading experience which should not be missed by any reader interested in history.—Los Angeles Times