Aztec

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Description

The daughter if a prophet and the child slave of Spanish adventurer Hernan Cortes, the life of the Aztec princess Malinali is among the most enduring legends of Mexico. Her role in history divides opinion even today. Reviled by some as a traitor responsible for the destruction of the Indians, worshiped by others as a heroine and symbolic mother of the nation, hers is the most abnormal story in the history of the Americas. The legendary Aztec civilization is here brought to life in blazing colour, as the creator traces the story of the enigmatic Malinali who held for a moment the way forward for an entire country in her hands. Contradictory, sensuous and fiercely intelligent, Malinali became the key to Cortes conquest of Mexico. This can be a story of unattainable odds, inconceivable cruelty, abnormal courage and craven betrayal. Who were the heroes and who the villains? Today the Aztecs are a far off memory. But Malinali’s name lives on. This book spent four months on the most productive seller lists in Mexico, re-igniting debate all over again about the true heritage of a people and the very nature of western colonisation of the natural world.


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