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Dominic mentions reading this book about the Spanish arrival in the new world, discussing how Christianity genuinely motivated the conquistadors rather than being merely a fig leaf for greed and plunder

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Referenced as a companion piece to Conquistadores, mentioned in the context of understanding how the Aztecs/Mexica saw the world and how that understanding transforms one's view of the conquest. Also mentioned in connection with a previous podcast episode with the author

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Referenced when discussing the legend of Boabdil weeping as he looked back at the Alhambra after surrendering Granada, with the pass where he stopped being called 'The Pass of the Moor's Sigh' - the same name as the Rushdie novel