

When Montezuma Met Cortes
The True Story of the Meeting that Changed History
Author: Matthew Restall
Narrator: Steven Crossley
Unabridged: 16 hr 6 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 01/30/2018
Synopsis
But is this really what happened? In a departure from traditional tellings, When Montezuma Met Cortés uses “the Meeting”—as Restall dubs their first encounter—as the entry point into a comprehensive reevaluation of both Cortés and Montezuma. Drawing on rare primary sources and overlooked accounts by conquistadors and Aztecs alike, Restall explores Cortés’s and Montezuma’s posthumous reputations, their achievements and failures, and the worlds in which they lived—leading, step by step, to a dramatic inversion of the old story. As Restall takes us through this sweeping, revisionist account of a pivotal moment in modern civilization, he calls into question our view of the history of the Americas, and, indeed, of history itself.