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The Daily Life of the Aztecs

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A vivid account of the fierce, honourable, death-obsessed, profoundly religious Aztecs on the eve of the Spanish conquest.

Even in the darkest symbolism of their blood-drenched worship they appear as people with whom we can sympathise.

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1842125087 / 9781842125083
Paperback
972.018
14/02/2002
United Kingdom
English
xxiv, 319p., [24]p. of plates : ill.
22 cm
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Reprint. This translation originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1961.
"It is, without question, the most brilliant, the clearest and most readable portrayal of Aztec life available in any language" OBSERVER Part of the Phoenix Press Daily Life Series - a unique collection of books about everyday life in the world's greatest civilizations.
"It is, without question, the most brilliant, the clearest and most readable portrayal of Aztec life available in any language" OBSERVER Part of the Phoenix Press Daily Life Series - a unique collection of books about everyday life in the world's greatest civilizations. 1KLS South America, 3D BCE to c 500 CE, 3F c 500 CE to c 1000 CE, HBG General & world history, HBJK History of the Americas, HBLC Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, HBTB Social & cultural history