Malinche’s Conquest

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Malinche was once the Amerindian translator for Hernán Cortés—from her lips came the words that triggered the downfall of the good Aztec Emperor Moctezuma within the Spanish Conquest of 1521. In Mexico, Malinche’s name is synonymous with “traitor,” yet folklore and legend still celebrate her mystique. The writer traverses Mexico and delves into the rustic’s abnormal past to excavate the mythologies of this exceptional woman’s life. Malinche—abandoned to strangers as a slave when only a girl—was once taken by Cortés to transform interpreter, concubine, witness to his campaigns, mother to his son, yet married to any other. She survived unimaginably precarious times relying on her intelligence, courage, and gift for language. Although Malinche’s words changed history, her own story remained untold, until now.

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