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The Martyrs of Anahuac is a translation of Eligio Ancona's Los Martires del Anahuac (1873). In this historical novel, Ancona employs the writings of Hernan Cortes and others to present an encompassing view of the conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519-1521). It also narrates the events that led to the creation of the expeditionary force that landed on the Mexican mainland and chronicles Cortes's life until his death in 1547. The events, also chronicled by Cortes in his letters to the emperor, Charles V, are crucial to an understanding of the Mexican psyche. This book is of interest to both the reader of literature and the historian in the field of Latin American studies.

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The Translator: Guillermo I. Castillo-Feliu received his Ph.D. in Spanish from Michigan State University and is Professor of Spanish and Graduate Director at Winthrop University, Rock Hill, South Carolina. The author of more than a dozen books, including Culture and Customs of Chile as well as several textbooks, Dr. Castillo-Feliu is the translator of two works by Peruvian writer Clemente Palma, of Alsino by Chilean novelist/poet Pedro Prado, and of the anonymous novel Xicotencatl, believed to be the first Spanish-American historical novel.

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