390. The Fall of the Aztecs: War to the Death (Part 7)
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390. The Fall of the Aztecs: War to the Death (Part 7) mentions The Fifth Son by Camilla Tanzan, Hugh Thomas's enormous, great brick of an account of the Spanish conquest by Hugh Thomas, and The Fall of the Aztecs by Dominic Sandbrook with timestamps, quotes, and episode context.
I found Camilla Tanzan's book, which we've mentioned before, The Fifth Son, one of the most haunting and moving history books I've ever read, because…
I read Hugh Thomas's enormous, great brick of an account of the Spanish conquest.
Your children's book, which has inspired us to do these episodes, is called The Fall of the Aztecs.
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“The speaker describes 'The Fifth Son' as one of the most haunting and moving history books, helping to understand the Aztecs through Nahuatl sources.”
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“The speaker recalls reading Hugh Thomas's detailed account of the Spanish conquest, particularly remembering a scene involving a man dressed as an owl.”
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“The children's book, which has inspired us to do these episodes, is called The Fall of the Aztecs.”
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