Conquistador - by Buddy Levy (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>In 1519, Hernaan Cortaes arrived on the shores of Mexico with a roughshod crew of adventurers and the intent to expand the Spanish empire. Along the way, this brash and roguish conquistador schemed to convert the native inhabitants to Catholicism and carry off a fortune in gold. In Tenochtitlaan, the City of Dreams, Cortaes met his Aztec counterpart, Montezuma: king, divinity, ruler of a complex and sophisticated civilization with fifteen million people, and commander of the most powerful military machine in the Americas. Yet in less than two years, Cortaes defeated the entire Aztec nation in one of the most astonishing military campaigns ever waged. Sometimes outnumbered thousands-to-one, Cortaes repeatedly beat seemingly impossible odds. Journalist Levy meticulously researches the mix of cunning, courage, brutality, superstition, and finally disease that enabled Cortaes and his men to survive.--From publisher description.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>In this astonishing work of scholarship that reads like an edge-of-your-seat adventure thriller, acclaimed historian Buddy Levy records the last days of the Aztec empire and the two men at the center of an epic clash of cultures perhaps unequaled to this day. <p/></b>It was a moment unique in human history, the face-to-face meeting between two men from civilizations a world apart. In 1519, Hernán Cortés arrived on the shores of Mexico, determined not only to expand the Spanish empire but to convert the natives to Catholicism and carry off a fortune in gold. That he saw nothing paradoxical in carrying out his intentions by virtually annihilating a proud and accomplished native people is one of the most remarkable and tragic aspects of this unforgettable story. In Tenochtitlán Cortés met his Aztec counterpart, Montezuma: king, divinity, commander of the most powerful military machine in the Americas and ruler of a city whose splendor equaled anything in Europe. Yet in less than two years, Cortés defeated the entire Aztec nation in one of the most astounding battles ever waged. The story of a lost kingdom, a relentless conqueror, and a doomed warrior, <i>Conquistador</i> is history at its most riveting.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"For sheer drama, no age compares to the age of exploration, no explorers compare to the conquistadors and no conquistador compares to Hernan Cortes. In Buddy Levy's finely wrought and definitive <b>Conquistador</b>, the worlds of Cortes and Montezuma collide and come to life. Five hundred years after the conquest, the Cadillo and his prey have been made human. To read <b>Conquistador</b> is to see, hear and feel two cultures in a struggle to the death with nothing less than the fate of the western hemisphere at stake. Prodigiously researched and stirringly told, <b>Conquistador</b> is a rarity: an invaluable history lesson that also happens to be a page-turning read."--Jeremy Schaap, best-selling author of <i>Cinderella Man: James J. Braddock, Max Baer and the Greatest Upset in Boxing History, </i> and <i>Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics</i> <p/>"Sweeping and majestic...A pulse-quickening narrative."--Neal Bascomb, author of <i>Red Mutiny: Eleven Fateful Days on the Battleship Potemkin<br></i><br>"A century before the Mayflower, a single man settled the destiny of the Americas far more momentously than the Puritans ever could....<b>Conquistador</b> offers a fascinating account of the first and most decisive of those encounters: the one between the impetuous Spanish adventurer Cortés and Montezuma, the ill-starred emperor of the Aztecs.... [An] almost unbelievable story of missionary zeal, greed, cruelty and courage."--<i>Wall Street Journal</i> <p/>"Drawing heavily on both Spanish and Aztec sources.... [Levy stresses] the military strategy, diplomatic initiaitves, and personal relationship between Cortés and Aztec emperor Montezuma.... Well-written.... Highly recommended."--<i>Library Journal</i>, starred review <p/>"A fateful meeting of civilizations.... Cortes is front and center in this book.... [Levy's] description of the final siege on Tenochtitlan is especially dramatic."--Associated Press <p/>"Explores just how far invaders will go to take what they want."-<i>Cape Cod Times</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Buddy Levy</b> is the author of the recent books <i>No Barriers: A Blind Man's Journey to Kayak the Grand Canyon </i>(with Erik Weihenmeyer), <i>Geronimo: Leadership Strategies of an American Warrior</i> (with Mike Leach), and <i>River of Darkness: Francisco Orellana's Legendary Voyage of Death and Discovery Down the Amazon.</i> His other books include <i>Conquistador: Hernán Cortés, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs, </i> which was a finalist for the 2009 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award and nominated for the 2009 Before Columbus Foundation American Book Award and a 2009 PEN Center USA Award, <i>American Legend: The Real-Life Adventures of David Crockett, </i>and <i>Echoes on Rimrock: In Pursuit of the Chukar Partridge</i>. His books have been published in six languages. <p/> As a freelance journalist, he has covered adventure sports and lifestyle/travel subjects around the world, including several Eco-Challenges and other adventure expeditions in Argentina, Borneo, Europe, Greenland, Morocco, and the Philippines. His magazine articles and essays have appeared in <i>Alaska Beyond</i>, <i>Backpacker, Big Sky Journal, Couloir, Discover, High Desert Journal, Poets & Writers, River Teeth, Ski, Trail Runner, Utne Reader, TV Guide, </i>and <i>VIA. </i>He is clinical associate professor of English at Washington State University, and lives in northern Idaho.
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