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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"
About the Author
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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Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0354046357I4N00
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Aztec
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Macdonald Futura Publishers, London, 1981
ISBN 10: 0354046357
ISBN 13: 9780354046350
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Seller: The Print Room, Cockernhoe nr Luton, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. First UK edition, first impression. Largely red jacket quite tatty, with edge wear, loss and chipping to top and bottom of jacket and spine, spine very faded, corners rubbed with small loss, internally clean tight and square, overall a reasonable copy for its age. 755pp. Told in the words of one of the most robust and memorable characters in modern fiction, Mixtli-Dark Cloud, 'Aztec' reveals the very depths of the Aztec civilization of ancient Mexico from the peak and feather banner splendour of the Aztec Capital of Tenochtitlan to the arrival of Hernan Cortes and his conquistadores, and their destruction of the Aztec empire. The story of Mixtli is the story of the Aztecs themselves, a compelling, epic tale of heroic dignity and a colossal civilization''s rise and fall. The first long adult novel of American historical novelist Gary Jennings (1928-99). Seller Inventory # 012582
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Published by
MacDonald Futura, London, 1981
ISBN 10: 0354046357
ISBN 13: 9780354046350
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Seller: Darkwood Online T/A BooksinBulgaria, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
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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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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 754pp; first British edition?; red d/j faded at spine, bits missing from bottom end of spine, one tear repaired; maps to eps., light edgewear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. Seller Inventory # 058319