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To: FreedomPoster

There was a great book by one of the Conquistadors themselves about the war-Bernal Diaz Del Castillo-called “The Conquest of New Spain”. Phenomenal read by one of the guys in the trenches. True story-he was retired in present day Guatemala living the life when a ship came in from Spain. He saw a book about the conquest by someone who wasn’t there. He became furious because it was wholly inaccurate so he spent several years penning the book to set it straight. He apologizes in the forward to the audience for being an uneducated grunt and then proceeds to write a great book.


128 posted on 11/03/2011 11:41:44 AM PDT by MattinNJ
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To: MattinNJ

Have you read Aztec by Gary Jennings?


133 posted on 11/03/2011 12:03:13 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: MattinNJ

Thanks for the heads-up. Added to the Amazon list for the next order, I have one incoming now.


138 posted on 11/03/2011 12:53:43 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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