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Tom highly recommends this book about Aztec history, stating it's one of the great books that influenced him and that if Camilla Townsend uses the term 'Aztecs,' it's good enough for the podcast

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Dominic describes this as 'a wonderful book' by a Mexican historian that emphasizes understanding the Spanish conquistadors in their historical context rather than as stereotypes

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Dominic references Hugh Thomas's 'huge book on the conquest of Mexico,' noting that many historians now question some of its conclusions because Thomas takes Spanish sources at face value

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Described as 'the most popular romance of the day' that Cortez would have been familiar with - a chivalric romance about Christian knights fighting the Ottomans and recapturing Constantinople

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Mentioned as another chivalric romance about knights and fantastical lands that influenced the conquistadors; Bernal Diaz is quoted as comparing the Valley of Mexico to scenes from this book

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Referenced as 'one of the great conquistador narratives' - Bernal Diaz's account of the conquest, from which the hosts quote his comparison of Tenochtitlan to fantastical castles from Amadis

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Referenced through Keats' famous sonnet 'On First Looking into Chapman's Homer,' used to introduce the topic of Spanish exploration and the discovery of the Pacific