Cranston Public Library

Overview: Mexico's rich culture has long fascinated scholars, with stories of ancient civilizations and great conquerors. History of the Conquest of Mexico (1843) expounds upon the virtues of Mexico while seeking to explain the tragedy of the country's defeat in terms of its neighboring civilizations. The arrival of the Spaniards forever altered and in many ways curtailed indigenous cultural development in Mesoamerica; but, so too, began the history...

Eighteen tales and three plays, with a critical biographical introduction by leonard J. Kent. The Constance Garnett translation revised throughout by the editor.

Tells the stories of Cortes' subjugation of the Aztecs in Mexico and Pizzaro's subjugation of the Incas in Peru.

APLS GRANT 10-28-2002 $23.95.

Selections from "The Faerie Queene" and minor poems.