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ISBN10: 0375758038, ISBN13: 9780375758034, [publisher: Modern Library] Softcover SHIPS FROM USA. Used books have different signs of use and do not include supplemental materials such as CDs, Dvds, Access Codes, charts or any other extra material. All used books might have various degrees of writing, highliting and wear and tear and possibly be an ex-library with the usual stickers and stamps. Dust Jackets are not guaranteed and when still present, they will have various degrees of tear and damage. All images are Stock Photos, not of the actual item. [Portland, ME, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2001]
ISBN10: 0375758038, ISBN13: 9780375758034, [publisher: Modern Library] Softcover "It is a magnificent epic," said William H. Prescott after the publication of History of the Conquest of Mexico in 1843. Since then, his sweeping account of Cortés's subjugation of the Aztec people has endured as a landmark work of scholarship and dramatic storytelling. This pioneering study presents a compelling view of the clash of civilizations that reverberates in Latin America to this day."Regarded simply from the standpoint of literary criticism, the Conquest of Mexico is Prescott's masterpiece," judged his biographer Harry Thurston Peck. "More than that, it is one of the most brilliant examples which the English language possesses of literary art applied to historical narration. . . . Here, as nowhere else, has Prescott succeeded in delineating character. All the chief actors of his great historic drama not only live and breathe, but they are as distinctly differentiated as they must have been in life. Cortés and his lieutenants are persons whom we actually come to know in the pages of Pres-cott. . . . Over against these brilliant figures stands the melancholy form of Montezuma, around whom, even from the first, one feels gathering the darkness of his coming fate. He reminds one of some hero of Greek tragedy, doomed to destruction and intensely conscious of it, yet striving in vain against the decree of an inexorable ...
ISBN10: 0375758038, ISBN13: 9780375758034, [publisher: Modern Library] Softcover Very Good Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed [Denver, CO, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2001]
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Modern Library Inc 2001 Trade paperback Good Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust jacket. Has used sticker(s) and some writing or highlighting. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).
ISBN10: 0375758038, ISBN13: 9780375758034, [publisher: Modern Library] Softcover Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust jacket. Has used sticker(s) and some writing or highlighting. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes). [Columbia, MO, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2001]
ISBN10: 0375758038, ISBN13: 9780375758034, [publisher: Modern Library] Softcover 100% Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed ! The book shows some signs of wear from use but is a good readable copy. Cover in excellent condition. Binding tight. Pages in great shape, no tears. Not contain access codes, cd, DVD. [Suffolk, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2001]
ISBN10: 0375758038, ISBN13: 9780375758034, [publisher: Modern Library] Softcover Good condition. This is the average used book, that has all pages or leaves present, but may include writing. Book may be ex-library with stamps and stickers. 1.6 [Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2001]
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Modern Library, Date: 2001-12-04. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2001. Modern Library ISBN 0375758038 9780375758034 [US]
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