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  • The History of the Conquest of Mexico

    William H. Prescott published his History of the Conquest of Mexico in 1843 and The New York Times stated that it “has remained surprisingly unsurpassed since its publication.” Prescott was one of the most eminent historians of the 19th century. The Aztec Empire was one of the most remarkable civilizations to have ever existed. The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire was one of the most ... Meer lezen

    0,90 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

  • A New Time for Mexico

    door Carlos Fuentes ...
    In the essays in A New Time for Mexico, Carlos Fuentes discusses the history, origins and nature of Mexico's political system and the unforeseen, tumultuous events that began in 1994 with the rebellion in Chiapas and continued with a rash of assassinations, the break between presidents Salinas and Zedillo, and continual traumas for a society making the transition from authoritarian to democratic ... Meer lezen

    12,29 €

  • Aztecs: A History From Beginning to End

    door Henry Freeman ...
    The Aztec Empire did not recoil from the face of an impending doom, they struggled faithfully. Destined to emerge from their humble beginnings, it grew into a highly-complex devoted civilization refusing to live at the mercy of more neighboring powerful rulers. Their powerful pocheca combed the valley for luxury items while markets dotted their lands.Inside you will find...✓ Introduction✓ How the ... Meer lezen

    Gratis

  • Fifth Sun

    A New History of the Aztecs

    door Camilla Townsend ...
    In November 1519, Hernando Cortés walked along a causeway leading to the capital of the Aztec kingdom and came face to face with Moctezuma. That story--and the story of what happened afterwards--has been told many times, but always following the narrative offered by the Spaniards. After all, we have been taught, it was the Europeans who held the pens. But the Native Americans were intrigued by the ... Meer lezen

    15,46 €

  • The Conquest of New Spain

    Serie series Bybliotech Discovery
    Bernal Diaz was an eyewitness to one of history's most remarkable events - the conquest of the Empire of the Aztecs, and the defeat of their Emperor Montezuma.The indomitable Diaz delivers his chronicle first-hand, vividly describing the ruthless battles, the brilliant Machiavellian strategies of Cortes, and the superstitions vacillations of Montezuma that lead to the momentous overthrow of the ... Meer lezen

    0,99 €

  • De man die de wereld wilde zien

    Vertaald door Paula Stevens, Det Rijven ...
    FANTASTISCH GOED, GESCHREVEN DOOR EEN VAN MIJN FAVORIETE SCHRIJVERS.’ – DAGBLADET Carl Lumholtz’ verhaal is amper bekend, hoewel hij in zijn eigen tijd befaamd was om zijn expedities naar Australië, Mexico en Borneo, het huidige Kalimantan. Bij leven werd Lumholtz overladen met onderscheidingen en in één adem genoemd met collega-verkenners als Amundsen en Nansen, Stanley en Livingstone. 'De man ... Meer lezen

    24,99 €

  • Conquistador

    Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs

    door Buddy Levy ...
    A thrilling narrative of the larger-than-life clash between a relentless conqueror and a formidable king that led to the destruction of the Aztec empire, from the award-winning historian and author of River of Darkness“Fascinating . . . [an] almost unbelievable story of missionary zeal, greed, cruelty, and courage.”—The Wall Street Journal“A sweeping and majestic history of a clash of ... Meer lezen

    10,17 €

  • Conquest

    Cortes, Montezuma, and the Fall of Old Mexico

    door Hugh Thomas ...
    Serie series Gift for History Buffs
    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 ... Meer lezen

    16,76 €

  • The Zimmermann Telegram

    door Barbara Tuchman ...
    ONE OF THE GREATEST SPY STORIES OF ALL TIMENothing can stop an enemy from picking wireless messages out of the free air - and nothing did. In England, Room 40 was born . . .In January 1917, with the First World War locked in terrible stalemate and America still neutral, German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmerman gambled the future of the conflict on a single telegram.But this message was ... Meer lezen

    9,49 €

  • Mexico: A History

    door Victor Alba ...
    The early European explorers were astonished at the immensity of Mexico. They were equally baffled by the customs, language, and society of the people they encountered. A surprise awaited the visitors beyond every mountain pass, for in a land in which travel was so difficult, the native inhabitants had developed vastly different lifestyles. Historians and archeologists remain uncertain as to the ... Meer lezen

    9,09 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

  • La Vie tragique de l'Impératrice Charlotte

    door Armand Praviel ...
    Petite-fille de Louis-Philippe roi des Français, fille du roi Léopold Ier de Belgique, Charlotte (1840-1927) aurait pu mener une vie de princesse tranquille. Elle se marie à 17 ans à Maximilien, frère cadet de l'empereur François-Joseph d'Autriche. Lorsqu'on leur propose la couronne du Mexique, où tout est à construire, Maximilien accepte à contre-cœur de devenir l'empereur de ce pays lointain, ... Meer lezen

    3,49 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

  • Paula

    A Memoir

    door Isabel Allende ...
    Newly ReissuedNew York Times Bestselling Author“Beautiful and heartrending. . . . Memoir, autobiography, epicedium, perhaps even some fiction: they are all here, and they are all quite wonderful.”—Los Angeles TimesWhen Isabel Allende’s daughter, Paula, became gravely ill and fell into a coma, the author began to write the story of her family for her unconscious child. In the telling, bizarre ... ... Meer lezen

    9,99 €

  • De koningin van Paraguay

    liefde in een vergeten oorlog

    door Willem de Bruin ...
    In De koningin van Paraguay vertelt Willem de Bruin het bijzondere en dramatische verhaal van de Ierse emigrante Elisa Alicia Lynch (1833-1886). In Parijs begon ze een carrière als courtisane, werd de maîtresse van een Zuid-Amerikaanse dictator en raakte betrokken bij een van de bloedigste conflicten uit de moderne geschiedenis. Als geliefde van Francisco Solano López, president van Paraguay, ... Meer lezen

    9,99 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

  • Langs de muur van Trump

    Van Harlingen naar Tijuana

    door Edwin Timmer ...
    Uit fascinerende ontmoetingen met migranten, paters, verslaafden, veeboeren en grensbewakers schetst Edwin Timmer de schokkende realiteit uit een gebied in de greep van drugshandel, straffeloosheid en een vaak corrupte overheid, waar kwetsbare individuen ieder hun eigen weg zoeken naar een beter leven. Is de muur een oplossing voor de problemen? Donald Trump doet graag alsof Mexico en de Verenigde ... Meer lezen

    7,99 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

  • The Dispatches of Hernan Cortes the Conqueror of Mexico

    Addressed to the Emperor Charles V. Written During the Conquest, and Containing a Narrative of Events

    door Hernan Cortes ...
    Serie series Bybliotech Discovery
    The Dispatches of Hernan Cortes, or the 'Cartas de Relacion', are several extraordinary documents written by the great Conquistador himself, explaining his actions in the remarkable conquest of Mexico directly to the Emperor Charles V of Spain.Not since Julius Caesar documented his own Conquest of Gaul has a conquering general delivered his own story with such panache, but also with such ... Meer lezen

    0,99 €

  • The Last Emperor of Mexico

    A Disaster in the New World

    door Edward Shawcross ...
    Mexico, 19th June 1867. Dressed in black and carrying a crucifix, a tall blonde bearded man steps out of his carriage. As he turns to face the firing squad, his last words ring out under the cloudless sky: 'Long live Mexico, long live independence.'The execution of Ferdinand Maximilian is the climax of one of the most extraordinary stories in history. This young Austrian archduke was born into ... Meer lezen

    16,95 €

  • The Broken Spears 2007 Revised Edition

    The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico

    For hundreds of years, the history of the conquest of Mexico and the defeat of the Aztecs has been told in the words of the Spanish victors. Miguel León-Portilla has long been at the forefront of expanding that history to include the voices of indigenous peoples. In this new and updated edition of his classic The Broken Spears, León-Portilla has included accounts from native Aztec descendants ... Meer lezen

    11,86 €

  • Schetsen uit Peru

    door Paul Marcoy ...
    Ontdek de verborgen schatten van Peru door de ogen van een meesterverteller!In "Schetsen uit Peru" neemt Paul Marcoy je mee op een onvergetelijke reis door het hart van Zuid-Amerika. Laat je meevoeren door de levendige beschrijvingen van adembenemende landschappen, kleurrijke culturen en fascinerende ontmoetingen. Zonder iets te verklappen, biedt dit boek een diepgaande blik op de rijke ... Meer lezen

    9,99 €

  • Hernan Cortés and Montezuma: The Conquistador and the Conquered

    Among these temples there is one which far surpasses all the rest, whose grandeur of architectural details no human tongue is able to describe; for within its precincts, surrounded by a lofty wall, there is room enough for a town of five hundred families. Hernán Cortés"Cortés and all of us captains and soldiers wept for him, and there was no one among us that knew him and had dealings with him ... Meer lezen

    1,89 €

  • 100 mitos de la historia de México

    Volumen 1

    La historia de México no es como te la contaron...Con la pluma filosa y espléndidamente documentada que lo caracteriza, Francisco Martín Moreno indaga en la deslumbrante historia de México y sus zonas más tenebrosas: revela los verdaderos intereses de líderes y caudillos, las conjuras más atroces que marcaron nuestra Independencia, la Revolución, la Guerra de Reforma</stro... ... Meer lezen

    11,99 €

  • La civilisation mexicaine et Aztèque avant Cortez le conquistador

    door Michel Chevalier ...
    Découvrez ce qu’était la civilisation mexicaine et aztèque avant sa conquête par les conquistadors. Quels étaient le capital intellectuel et matériel de l’empire mexicain, à quelle hauteur morale il était parvenu, quelle en était la condition religieuse ? « Ce que Cortez et ses compagnons avaient recueilli sur le Mexique indiquait quelque chose à part dans le Nouveau-Monde, une nation dont l ... Meer lezen

    2,49 €

  • Maximilian in Mexico

    door George Upton ...
    Paphos Publishers offers a wide catalog of rare classic titles, published for a new generation.Maximilian in Mexico is the story of Maximilian I of Mexico. ... Meer lezen

    1,99 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

  • When Montezuma Met Cortés

    The True Story of the Meeting that Changed History

    door Matthew Restall ...
    A re-evaluation of the meeting between the Spanish adventurer and the Aztec ruler that challenges history's perspective about the conquest of the Americas.On November eight, 1519, the Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortés first met Montezuma, the Aztec emperor, at the entrance to the capital city of Tenochtitlan. This introduction—the prelude to the Spanish seizure of Mexico City and to European ... Meer lezen

    19,49 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

  • The Line Becomes A River

    door Francisco Cantú ...
    Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2019, a****n electrifying memoir from a Mexican-American US Border Patrol guard‘Stunningly good… The best thing I’ve read for ages’James Rebanks, author of The Shepherd’s LifeFrancisco Cantú was a US Border Patrol agent from 2008 to 2012.In this extraordinary account, he describes his work in the desert along the Mexican border. He tracks ... Meer lezen

    9,49 €