Kyle Harrison
to-read
Conquistador
Conquistador: Hernán Cortés, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs
- Author
- Buddy Levy
- Published
- 2008
- Pages
- 429
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: Buddy Levy’s narrative of Cortés and Montezuma — a few hundred Spaniards, a set of local alliances, and the fall of Tenochtitlan.
Where I heard about it
- A reply to @moseskagan — named as “Conquistador (about Hernan Cortes)” in answer to his question “What historical fiction should I read next? (Bonus points for something involving building or trade, rather than violence)” in a thread on X, April 2025. The full set of replies lives on What historical fiction should I… (tweet).
About this edition
The reply identified the book only as “about Hernan Cortes”; Levy’s is the popular narrative account that fits.
Connections
- Mexico — the conquest of Tenochtitlan.
- The Conquest of New Spain — the participant’s account of the same events, named in a different thread Kyle saved.
- What historical fiction should I… (tweet) — the thread this recommendation came from.