--- product_id: 1691795 title: "The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico" brand: "miguel leon-portillalysander kempj. jorge klor de alva" price: "VT9556" currency: VUV in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.vu/products/1691795-the-broken-spears-the-aztec-account-of-the-conquest-mexico store_origin: VU region: Vanuatu --- # The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico **Brand:** miguel leon-portillalysander kempj. jorge klor de alva **Price:** VT9556 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico by miguel leon-portillalysander kempj. jorge klor de alva - **How much does it cost?** VT9556 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vu](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/1691795-the-broken-spears-the-aztec-account-of-the-conquest-mexico) ## Best For - miguel leon-portillalysander kempj. jorge klor de alva enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted miguel leon-portillalysander kempj. jorge klor de alva brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81oudQmsg1L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ an extremely high chance that your "god" is just a man *by A***2 on June 29, 2025* Very interesting stuff here. The way the Spanish kind of just fell into Aztec religion/mythology and ran with it was quite a layup for them. Combine that with some petty neighboring cities and you have a strong start to your brutal conquest. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Duplicity *by M***O on July 23, 2012* Leon-Portilla's work is a must-read for all those interested in the Conquest of Mexico and those interested in Mexica culture. Certainly the accounts aren't perfect but, then again, they really can't be perfect. The writers tell of events many years in the past and the writers are telling their stories from totally different cultural points of view. The accounts of Mexicans ruined by the destruction of their city and empire will be--and are--entirely different from Tlaxcaltecan accounts. The Tlaxcalteca cooperated with Cortes, supplying him with thousands of fighting men. From their limited point of view, they used Cortes to destroy hated enemies. From our current point of view--and certainly from Cortes' point of view--Cortes used the Tlaxcalteca, and other Mexica-dominated peoples, to destroy Tenochtitlan and loot all of Mexico.Still the various accounts are in basic agreement as to events. Even more interesting, the native accounts are quite similar [not identical] to Bernal Diaz' personal account. We have no problem discerning the lying duplicity of Cortes; the religious confusion of the natives; the craven nature of Moctecuzoma; the almost incredible Spanish greed for gold; and the ultimate futile courage of the Mexica, once they recognized that their own priest-king, Moctecuzoma, had betrayed them. Too late. Then again it was probably always 'too late'. Even had Moctecuzoma recognized the danger of Spaniards early-on and destroyed them before they reached Mexico, it was too late. Had the Mexica forgone their traditional religious sacrifices following their overwhelming victory on the causeway during 'La Noche Triste', and killed every last Spaniard, it was tooooooo late.Assuming that the Aztecs finally grasped grim reality--annihilated Cortes' force, and co-opted and maybe copied their weapons--it was still much too late. The Spaniards would have soon arrived with even larger and more lethal armies. The Aztec nations were doomed. They were doomed years earlier when Christopher Columbus placed his boot on that first Carribbean island.The only unfortunate part of this book is the foreword by J. Jorge Klor de Alva. He seems to view 'La Conquista' as does any doctrinaire modern-day Leftist i.e. the conquest was an act of imperial colonialism now being corrected by Marxist revolutions in the various suffering countries. Castro, Guevara, Hugo Chavez, Daniel Ortega, Rivera, Calle, La Raza Cosmica [Unida] and Barack Obama etc. etc. bear the torches of cultural 'freedom' and nativism. Nonsense. Marxism-Leninism is far more alien to native cultures than was the Roman Catholicism of the Conquistadores. As much as the various peoples may have disliked it, they understood military conquest and religious replacement. Not only is Marxism-Leninism more imperialistic than were the Sixteenth-Century europeans, but it is also officially atheistic. The native peoples--no matter where they lived--were, and still are, emphatically religious. Catholicism, although initially mandated, came to fill the souls of the native peoples. Marxian-Atheism--an even more dictatorial system--fills the native soul with.......nothing. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Interesting book *by G***K on January 10, 2025* Nice to have a book that covers the Aztec point of view of the conquistadors. The conquistadors interested in nothing but gold and riches and to hell with the Aztecs. Very interesting and easy to understand. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.vu/products/1691795-the-broken-spears-the-aztec-account-of-the-conquest-mexico](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/1691795-the-broken-spears-the-aztec-account-of-the-conquest-mexico) --- *Product available on Desertcart Vanuatu* *Store origin: VU* *Last updated: 2026-05-05*