The Rest Is HistoryMay 13, 2021

51. Aztecs

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About This Episode

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 offering a new interpretation of events in Mexico centuries ago.

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Fifth Son

Camilla Townsend

“Camilla Townsend's book, Fifth Son, A New History of the Aztecs, was absolutely the best book that I read last year. It gives you a history of the Aztecs through Aztec eyes.”

ASIN: B09WLWJX6B

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The Fifth Sun

“The speaker mentions their book titled 'The Fifth Sun' in relation to the Aztec origin myth and the belief that they were living under the fifth sun.”

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The Fifth Sun, A New History of the Aztecs

Camilla

“Camilla's book is The Fifth Sun, A New History of the Aztecs. Honestly, one of the most fascinating, eye-opening, moving history books I've read.”

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