The Broken Spears

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The Broken Spears is written by Miguel Leon-Portilla and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0756779642 (ISBN 10) and 9780756779641 (ISBN 13).

For hundreds of years, the history of the conquest of Mexico and the defeat of the Aztecs has been told through the words of Spanish victors. Miguel Leon-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 book, he has included accounts from native Aztec descendants across the centuries. These texts bear witness to the extraordinary vitality of an oral tradition that preserves the viewpoints of the vanquished instead of the victors. "A masterful job of summarizing the Aztec empire, a way of life of the people, and the situation surrounding the conquest." "Simple and moving poetic elegies." Illustrations.