5/21/2023 0 Comments Aztec by gary jennings![]() ![]() It helped that I read part of it while visiting friends in Mexico City, where most of the story takes place. The prose is vivid, full of life and passion. This isn’t just an Aztec history book, though. ![]() Still, this is a strange, brutal, and creepy book to review. They were largely okay with the portrayal of Mexican history. As far as I know, it was accurate at the time of publication.Īs I was reading through the book, I was talking with my wife and brother-in-law, both of whom were born and raised in Mexico. This book came out before historians updated their views. I noticed a few historical mistakes, such as with the Toltecs and the Teotihuacan pyramid. The novel offers a vivid account of Aztec society, culture, religion, and daily life, as well as detailed descriptions of their customs, including human sacrifice, warfare, slavery, and the class system. This book is astoundingly well-researched. Gary Jennings clearly did the same-and more. I’ve read Spanish accounts of the conquest and Aztec accounts of the conquest. I want to learn more about the culture, so I’ve been working through various history books. The novel is presented as a series of recollections by the protagonist, Mixtli, an elderly Aztec man narrating his life story to Spanish priests. Aztec by Gary Jennings is a historical fiction novel published in 1980, which tells the story of the Aztec civilization before, during, and after the Spanish conquest of Mexico. ![]()
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