History of the conquest of Mexico
By: William H. Prescott ; introduction by James Lockhart.
Contributors: Lockhart, James.
Edition: Modern Library paperback ed.
Series: The Modern library classics.
Publisher: Modern Library
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1005
Subjects: Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547.; Aztecs -- History -- 16th century.; Indians of Mexico -- History -- 16th century.; Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540.
Description: "The History of the Conquest of Mexico is William Prescott's epic account of Cortes's subjugation of the Aztec people, one that endures as a landmark work of nineteenth-century historiography and dramatic storytelling. Published in ten languages and republished at least two hundred times since its first publication in 1843, it presents a compelling view of the clash of civilizations that reverberates in Latin America to this day.

The Conquest of Mexico, judged Prescott's biographer Harry Thurston Peck, is "one of the most brilliant examples which the English language possesses of literary art applied to historical narration," and literary critic Donald A. Ringe calls it "that rare type of book which satisfies fully the demands of both history and art.""--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. xxxiv) and index.