Conquest of New Spain (Penguin Classics) by Bernal Diaz del Castillo Bullying Features over 20 gorgeous illustrations

Features over 20 gorgeous illustrations by award-winning artist Matt Phelan

He has taught at Princeton

author of Awakening at Midlife

Every teacher in the universe should have a copy

Conquest of New Spain (Penguin Classics) by Bernal Diaz del Castillo Bullying Features over 20 gorgeous illustrationsA first person account of the overthrow of Montezuma's doomed Aztec Empire by the ruthless Hernan Cortes Bernal Daz del Castillo, a soldier under Cortes, presents a fascinatingly detailed description of the Spanish landing in Mexico in 1520. In this vivid, powerful and absorbing account of one of the most startling military episodes in history, he details their amazement at the city, the exploitation of the natives for gold and other treasures, the