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Written by W.H. Prescott - Audio book narrated by Kerry Shale - Abridged Nonfiction - 4 COMPACT DISCS - 4 hours, 50 minutes

Publisher, Naxos Audiobooks (February 2003)

American historian W.H. Prescott's classic account of one of the most extraordinary stories of conquest in mankind's history...

In 1519, Hernando Cortés arrived in Mexico to investigate stories of a wealthy empire. What he encountered was beyond his wildest dreams - an advanced civilization with complex artistic, political and religious systems (involving extensive human sacrifice) and replete with gold. This was the Aztec empire, headed by the aloof emperor, Montezuma. With just a handful of men, Cortés achieved the impossible, crushing the Aztecs and their allies, and effectively annexing the territory for Spain.