When Montezuma Met Cortés: The True Story of the Meeting that Changed History
By: Matthew Restall
3.69
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
A dramatic rethinking of the encounter between Montezuma and Hernando Cortés that completely overt…
Want to Read $ 14.57"It is about something much larger -the pernicious prevalence and insidious ubiquity of traditional narratives that justify invasion, conquest and inequality."-Matthew Restall, When Montezuma Met Cortés: The True Story of the Meeting that Changed History
"It is about something much larger -the pernicious prevalence and insidious ubiquity of traditional narratives that justify invasion, conquest and inequality."-Matthew Restall, When Montezuma Met Cortés: The True Story of the Meeting that Changed History
"Do we prejudice our discussion and privilege traditional answers by styling the invaders as "explorers", th einvaded as "Indians", and their war as "the Conquest of Mexico" ?"-Matthew Restall, When Montezuma Met Cortés: The True Story of the Meeting that Changed History
"Do we prejudice our discussion and privilege traditional answers by styling the invaders as "explorers", th einvaded as "Indians", and their war as "the Conquest of Mexico" ?"-Matthew Restall, When Montezuma Met Cortés: The True Story of the Meeting that Changed History
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3. The Twelve Caesars
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4. Penric and the Shaman (Penric and Desdemona, #2)
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5. The Prose Edda
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'What was the beginning, or how did things start? What was there before?' The Prose Eddais the most… read more
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6. A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies
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7. Caesar: Life of a Colossus
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Tracing the extraordinary trajectory of the great Roman emperor’s life, Goldsworthy covers not only… read more
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"Caesar was a serial seducer of married women."-Adrian Goldsworthy, Caesar: Life of a Colossus
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9. Penric’s Demon (Penric and Desdemona, #1)
By: Lois McMaster Bujold
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On his way to his betrothal, young Lord Penric comes upon a riding accident with an elderly lady on… read more
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"There is a sense in which this viewpoint is looking through the wrong end of the historical telescope, defining (and often judging) a people solely by the consequences of their actions rather than th…"-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
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14. Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age
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4.05
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20. Conquistadors and Aztecs: A History of the Fall of Tenochtitlan
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21. When Montezuma Met Cortés: The True Story of the Meeting that Changed History
By: Matthew Restall
3.69
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
A dramatic rethinking of the encounter between Montezuma and Hernando Cortés that completely overt… read more
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"It is about something much larger -the pernicious prevalence and insidious ubiquity of traditional narratives that justify invasion, conquest and inequality."-Matthew Restall, When Montezuma Met Cortés: The True Story of the Meeting that Changed History
"Do we prejudice our discussion and privilege traditional answers by styling the invaders as "explorers", th einvaded as "Indians", and their war as "the Conquest of Mexico" ?"-Matthew Restall, When Montezuma Met Cortés: The True Story of the Meeting that Changed History
