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Index
Title Page
Dedication
Epigraph
Introduction
1 Setting Out for New Spain and the Serendipitous Gift of Language
2 The Battle with the Tabascans and the Acquisition of La Malinche
3 Montezuma’s Message
4 The Gambler Stakes All: “Either Win the Land, or Die in the Attempt”
5 Into the Mountains
6 The Massacre of Cholula
7 The City of Dreams
8 City of Sacrifice
9 Seizure of Empire
10 Cortés and Montezuma
11 Spaniard Versus Spaniard
12 The Festival of Toxcatl
13 Montezuma’s Ironic Fate
14 La Noche Triste
15 “Fortune Favors the Bold”
16 “The Great Rash”
17 Return to the Valley of Mexico
18 The Wooden Serpent
19 Encirclement
20 The Siege Begins
Photo Insert
21 Clash of Empires
22 The Last Stand of the Aztecs
Epilogue: The Shadows of Smoke
Appendix A: Significant Participants in the Conquest
Appendix B: A Brief Chronology of the Conquest
Appendix C: A Note on Nahuatl Language Pronunciation
Appendix D: Major Deities of the Aztec Pantheon
Appendix E: The Aztec Kings
Notes
A Note on the Text and the Sources
Bibliography
Photo credits
Acknowledgments
Also by Buddy Levy
Copyright
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