The Luck of Huemac: A Novel about the Aztec WorldSpanning a century of Aztec history, this account documents the rise and fall of the Aztec civilization by focusing on three powerful men, particularly Huemac, who faces the marauding Spaniards led by Cortez |
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User Review - elucubrare - LibraryThing3.5 stars, really: Peters does a good job of depicting the Mexican court as a multiplex rather than a single entity, but his characters could be stronger and I also just didn't care quite as much as I'd have wanted to. Read full review
Contents
The Gods | 3 |
The Tepanec War 14281440 | 13 |
Huemac 14561463 | 95 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Luck of Huemac: A Novel about the Aztec World |
| Author | Daniel Peters |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Random House Publishing Group, 1981 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Jun 24, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0394513134, 9780394513133 |
| Length | 657 pages |
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