Aztec - Hardcover
First published in 1980, "Aztec" reached No.1 position on the "New York Times" bestseller list. "Aztec" - The extraordinary story of the last and greatest native civilization of North America, at the very height of its magnificence, was told by a novelist working at the very height of his powers. It is a story told in the words of one of the most robust and memorable characters of recent fiction. His name is Mixtli - Dark Cloud. Born the son of a provincial quarrier, Mixtli rises far above his station. He becomes, first, a scribe; he goes on to distinguish himself as a warrior, earns a fortune as a travelling merchant and explores every part of what the Aztecs called - The One World - the far lands of mountains, jungles, deserts, seacoasts. His courage and resourcefulness earn him a knighthood and, eventually, elevation to the nobility. "Aztec" is a novel of heroic dimension in every respect. Twelve years in the making, it is compelling in story, in its feel of history happening and in its tumult of events. It is rich with memorable characters and brilliantly colourful exoticism. It is an epic tale, full of power and surprise that will leave its readers wishing it would never end.
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"A first-class storyteller....Mr. Jennings has achieved true distinction." --"Atlantic Monthly" "Anyone who reads, anyone who still lusts for adventure or that book you can't put down, will glory in the "Aztec."" --"The Los Angeles Times" ""Aztec "is so vivid that this reviewer had the novel experience of dreaming of the Aztec world, in Technicolor, for several nights in a row." --"The Chicago Sun-Times" "The scope of the book includes the gallantry and barbarism, sex and nobility, intelligence and folly, of historical fiction.....[The reader] is amply entertained and caught up in fascinating history." --"San Francisco Chronicle" "Remarkable...It conveys with ferocious yet often lyrical force the texture of life in a civilization at once intensely sophisticated and, by our standards, utterly barbaric....A splendidly colorful, wholly convincing re-creation of a vanished culture." --"Cosmopolitan"
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Gary Jennings is known for his intensive research which often includes rigorous and sometimes hazardous travels-exploring every corner of Mexico for his Aztec novels, retracing the numerous wanderings of Marco Polo for "The Journeyer," joining nine different circuses for "Spangle," and roaming the Balkans to do" Raptor."
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- PublisherFutura Publications
- Publication date1981
- ISBN 10 0354046357
- ISBN 13 9780354046350
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages768
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Book Description Couverture rigide. Condition: bon. R300319510: 1981. In-8. Relié. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos abîmé, Papier jauni. 754 pages. Livre en anglais. Ouvrage de bibliothèque ; jaquette collée par un film plastique sur les plats, étiquette et tampon de bibliothèque dans l'ouvrage. Le dos se décolle des cahiers. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon. Seller Inventory # R300319510
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Book Description Condition: Good. No jacket. Light wear & marks to hardcover. Bumped corners. Creased, leaning spine. Pen on ffep & half title page. Tanned, foxed & marked textblock edge. Content is in very good condition overall with the occasional red mark on some pages. Seller Inventory # 029222-01172024LC
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First British Edition; First Printing. Some shelf wear and tear to unclipped DJ with some sunning to spine, corners lightly bumped; First UK edition, first printing with no other printings listed. Black glazed cloth boards with silver gilt lettering to spine, map endpapers. Nice tight copy, no names inside, appears unread. DJ design uncredited. Very heavy book and priced accordingly. ; 768 pages; An epic tale of an Aztec survivor of the Spanish conquest of Mexico by the Conquistadores and his times as a warrior, scribe, travelling merchant, confidant of Motecuhzoma II, and envoy to the invading Spaniards. Seller Inventory # 30943
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