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Old 06-12-2018, 08:44 AM   #1044
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lost in my e-reader...
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Conquest: Cortes, Montezuma, and the Fall of Old Mexico by Hugh Thomas has dropped to $6.99 at Kindle and Kobo US. Not a great price, but not horrible either for non-fiction, and for that you get a really long book . More seriously, I read this in DTB on a vacation to Mexico many years ago, and really enjoyed it. In the US, at least, we tend to barely learn just the basics (Cortez came, he saw, he conquered), and it was nice to learn a lot more about that period of history. I find I don't remember quite as much of the history as I wish now, though, and I have another trip to Mexico coming up in the fall, so I may bite on this one...and it'll be easier to carry on my phone than the original book was .

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Conquest-Cort...dp/B00AK78QCW/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/conquest-15

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Drawing on newly discovered sources and writing with brilliance, drama, and profound historical insight, Hugh Thomas presents an engrossing narrative of one of the most significant events of Western history.

Ringing with the fury of two great empires locked in an epic battle, Conquest captures in extraordinary detail the Mexican and Spanish civilizations and offers unprecedented in-depth portraits of the legendary opponents, Montezuma and Cortés. Conquest is an essential work of history from one of our most gifted historians.
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