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The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico by J. Jorge Klor De Alva, Lysander Kemp, Miguel León-Portilla
4.0

For a collection of primary sources, this was extremely engaging. This collection of songs, testimony, and elegies recollect the fall of Mexico at the hands of Cortes. It's pretty upsetting to read but León-Portilla weaves a thread of hope into the end as he reflects on the resilience of the Nahuatl, that they lived to tell their tale.