![]() A couple of people described it as “that gory book” when I mentioned I was reading it. In fact, it just kept on getting better and better and I can’t recommend it highly enough. I’m delighted to say, on my second attempt, I found this novel to be a total winner. I had just finished reading Hugh Thomas’s excellent book, “Conquest”, and had developed a more than passing interest in the Aztec civilization. However, after four years in Mexico and a recent visit to Mexico City I decided to pick it up again. There were just too many sentences like the following: The young man, about my own age, took only a single step inside and said, ‘The Tecútli Tlauquécholtzin, my master and yours, requires the presence of your son Chicóme-Xochitl Tliléctic-Mixtli at the palace.’ Not the easiest stuff to wrestle with when you’re in the mood for a comfy read. ![]() Also, the world that Jennings was describing was a bit too alien and the names of people were rather unpronounceable. ![]() ![]() It’s a formidable 1,038 pages in length and, at the time, I just didn’t feel I could go the distance. I started to read this book several years ago, before coming to Mexico, and didn’t get very far into it. ![]()
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