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Aztec autumn
by Jennings, Gary
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0312862504
- ISBN 13
- 9780312862503
- Seller
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About This Item
New York : Forge, 1997. First Edition. Hardback. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Small stain at top of spine cover. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance: From the library of Eric George Hatfield Moody with his bookplate to front pastedown.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 380 pages; Summary: The Spanish conquest of Mexico through the eyes of an Aztec chief as he looks for a way to defeat the enemy. He is Tenamaxtli who vows revenge after the Spaniards burn his father at the stake. He learns Spanish, studies their armament and eventually leads his people in a rebellion. By the author of Aztec. Description: 380 p. : map ; 24 cm. Subjects: Aztecs -- Fiction. Indians of Mexico -- Fiction.
Synopsis
Aztec Autumn is a 1997 historical fiction novel by Gary Jennings; it is a sequel to Jennings's 1980 bestseller Aztec.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 213423
- Title
- Aztec autumn
- Author
- Jennings, Gary
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0312862504
- ISBN 13
- 9780312862503
- Publisher
- New York : Forge
- Place of Publication
- Forge
- Date Published
- 1997
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