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Malinche's Conquest

Anna Lanyon

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Description:Malinche was the Amerindian translator for Hernán Cortés—from her lips came the words that triggered the downfall of the great Aztec Emperor Moctezuma in the Spanish Conquest of 1521. In Mexico, Malinche’s name is synonymous with 'traitor'. Yet folklore and legend still celebrate the mystique of this remarkable young woman.Malinche became a slave to strangers when just a girl, and was then passed on to Cortès as a concubine. She became his interpreter, indispensible to his campaigns, and mother to his son, only to be married off to another conquistador. Anna Lanyon journeys across Mexico and into the past of its original peoples to excavate the facts and the mythologies for a truer account of this resilient woman., whose gift for language earned her survival through unimaginably precarious times.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Malinche's Conquest. To get started finding Malinche's Conquest, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 235

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: 1999

ISBN: 1864487801

Description: Malinche was the Amerindian translator for Hernán Cortés—from her lips came the words that triggered the downfall of the great Aztec Emperor Moctezuma in the Spanish Conquest of 1521. In Mexico, Malinche’s name is synonymous with 'traitor'. Yet folklore and legend still celebrate the mystique of this remarkable young woman.Malinche became a slave to strangers when just a girl, and was then passed on to Cortès as a concubine. She became his interpreter, indispensible to his campaigns, and mother to his son, only to be married off to another conquistador. Anna Lanyon journeys across Mexico and into the past of its original peoples to excavate the facts and the mythologies for a truer account of this resilient woman., whose gift for language earned her survival through unimaginably precarious times.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Malinche's Conquest. To get started finding Malinche's Conquest, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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