The Conquest of New Spain
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Conquest of New Spain
By (Author) Bernal Diaz del Castillo
Translated by John Cohen
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Classics
31st December 1963
26th July 1973
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
972.02
Physical Properties
Paperback
416
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 23mm
309g
Description
The defeat of the Aztecs by Hernan Cortes and his small band of adventurers is one of the most startling military feats in history. Fifty years after the event Bernal Diaz (c. 1498-1580), who served under Cortes, wrote this account of the march from the coast, Montezuma's death, the massacre of the Spaniards and the eventual capture of the capital of Mexico. Diaz inspired W. H. Prescott's History of the Conquest and has been rendered here by J. M. Cohen, the translator of Don Quixote and other Penguin Classics.
Author Bio
Spanish historian Bernal Diaz del Castillo (c.1492-1584) was a soldier in the army of the conquistador Cortes in the attack on the Aztecs. J M Cohen translated widely from French and Spanish, including for Penguin Classics Montaigne's Essays and Cervantes' Don Quixote.
