![]() The story is told from the eyes and voice of Mixtli, an inhabitant of the Mexica empire that had the fortuitous fate of being a writer, merchant and warrior throughout his life and gives us a wonderful portrait of the last years of the powerful and wary Mexica empire, its traditions and customs until its fall at the hands of the Spanish conquerors.ĭespite being a book of historical fiction, the extensive story is quite vivid and provides a deep, well sourced background regarding the economic, military and sociopolitical organization of the empire and its relationships with the other two empires of the Triple Alliance and adjacent tribes. This is like the third time I read it and just as the very first time I did when I was in college, I still find it fascinating! ![]() My first book for the year was Aztec by Gary Jennings (ISBN 978-0765317506). ![]() ![]() One of those was to read one book every four weeks (the other one was to do at least 30 mins of exercise a day…). Almost by the end of the past year, some friends and I set some goals for this 2016. ![]()
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