Conquistador Voices: The Spanish Conquest of the Americas as Recounted Largely by the Participants

Conquistador Voices will take you on a thrilling and immersive journey through the Spanish Conquest of the Americas. This two-volume set of nonfiction American history builds upon eyewitness accounts, all tied together by a captivating narrative that will carry you to lush Caribbean islands, windswept Andes peaks, sweltering subtropical coasts, and beyond. An engaging read, Conquistador Voices offers you an understanding of the Spanish Conquest that is as strikingly real as if you were there yourself. Featured personages are Christopher Columbus, Hernán Cortés, Francisco Pizarro, Álvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca, and Hernando de Soto. What will you find in these two volumes? Eyewitness accounts—including the Aztec—of the Spanish Conquest, most of them freshly translated into modern idiom One of the most riveting true-life survival stories ever documented—namely, that of Cabeza de Vaca A comprehensive and readable narrative that leaves moralizing to the reader A modern documentary “feel” A 500-year-old window on ancient civilizations in places we know today, such as Texas, Florida, Mexico, the Caribbean, and South America If you like lively history, give Conquistador Voices a try. Don't wait. Order your copy today.