An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List
51. Aztecs
May 13, 2021
Description
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook talk to award-winning writer Camilla Townsend, author of the revelatory Fifth Sun. Professor Townsend used Nahuatl language sources to write an engaging history...
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Books Referenced
Amadis of Gaul
Author: Garci RodrÃguez de Montalvo
Context:
Referenced in a quote from conquistador Bernal Diaz, who compared the sight of Tenochtitlan to 'the enchantments they tell of in the legend of Amardis' - a famous Spanish chivalric romance
The Fifth Sun
Author: Camilla Townsend
Context:
Tom explicitly recommends this book, calling it 'absolutely the best book that I read last year' and praising it for giving 'a history of the Aztecs through Aztec eyes.' The author Camilla Townsend is the guest on the episode.