Buddy Levy

La asombrosa historia de la conquista de México y el choque de dos imperios y dos hombres. En 1519, Hernán Cortés llegó a las costas de México con una variopinta tripulación de aventureros y la intencion de extender el imperio español. En su viaje, el audaz y rebelde conquistador trato de convertir al catolicismo a la poblacion nativa y reunir una fortuna en oro. Que los dos objetivos nunca le parecieran contradictorios es una de las cosas mas notables, y tragicas, de la inolvidable historia de su conquista. En Tenochtitlan, la famosa Ciudad de los Sueños, Cortes conocio a su rival azteca Moctezuma: rey, dios, gobernante de 15 millones de personas y comandante del ejercito mas poderoso de las Americas. Sin embargo, en menos de dos años Hernan Cortes derroto a toda la nacion azteca en una de las campañas militares mas asombrosas de la historia. Enfrentado a enemigos muy superiores en numero, consiguio superar todos los obstaculos. Conquistador es la historia del colapso de un imperio, de una civilizacion compleja y sofisticada en la que jardines flotantes, inmensas riquezas y pasion por el arte convivian con templos sangrientos y horribles sacrificios humanos. Levy explica apasionadamente la combinacion de inteligencia, valor, brutalidad y supersticion que permitio a Hernan Cortes vencer a Moctezuma: el orgulloso, espiritual y enigmatico lider condenado a no entender al extranjero que tomo por un dios. Epica y entretenida, esta historia de los ultimos dias del imperio azteca y de los dos hombres que protagonizaron uno de los momentos estelares de la historia universal se lee como una novela de aventuras.

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In an astonishing work of scholarship that reads like an adventure thriller, historian Buddy Levy records the last days of the Aztec empire and the two men at the center of an epic clash of cultures. I and my companions suffer from a disease of the heart which can be cured only with gold. Hernan CortesIt was a moment unique in human history, the face-to-face meeting between two men from civilizations a world apart. Only one would survive the encounter. In 1519, Hernan Cortes arrived on the shores of Mexico with a roughshod crew of adventurers and the intent to expand the Spanish empire. Along the way, this brash and roguish conquistador schemed to convert the native inhabitants to Catholicism and carry off a fortune in gold. That he saw nothing paradoxical in his intentions is one of the most remarkableand tragicaspects of this unforgettable story of conquest.In Tenochtitlan, the famed City of Dreams, Cortes met his Aztec counterpart, Montezuma: king, divinity, ruler of fifteen million people, and commander of the most powerful military machine in the Americas. Yet in less than two years, Cortes defeated the entire Aztec nation in one of the most astonishing military campaigns ever waged. Sometimes outnumbered in battle thousands-to-one, Cortes repeatedly beat seemingly impossible odds. Buddy Levy meticulously researches the mix of cunning, courage, brutality, superstition, and finally disease that enabled Cortes and his men to survive.Conquistador is the story of a lost kingdoma complex and sophisticated civilization where floating gardens, immense wealth, and reverence for art stood side by side with bloodstained temples and gruesome rites of human sacrifice. Its the story of Montezumaproud, spiritual, enigmatic, and doomed to misunderstand the stranger he thought a god. Epic in scope, as entertaining as it is enlightening, Conquistador is history at its most riveting.Praise for ConquistadorProdigiously researched and stirringly told, Conquistador is a rarity: an invaluable history lesson that also happens to be a page-turning read.Jeremy Schaap, bestselling author of Cinderella Man: James J. Braddock, Max Baer and the Greatest Upset in Boxing History, and Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitlers Olympics Sweeping and majestic . . . A pulse-quickening narrative.Neal Bascomb, author of Red Mutiny: Eleven Fateful Days on the Battleship Potemkin

In the hands of Mike Leach and Buddy Levy, the story of this brilliant Apache leader comes into sharp focus, both in their narrative of his life and in spirited commentaries on its meaning (S.C. Gwynne, author of Pulitzer Prize finalist Empire of the Summer Moon).Playing cowboys and Indians as a boy, legendary college football coach Mike Leach always chose to be the Indianthe underdog whose success turned on being a tough, resourceful, ingenious fighter. And the greatest Indian military leader of all was Geronimo, the Apache warrior whose name is so symbolic of courage that World War II paratroopers shouted it as they leaped from airplanes into battle.Told in the style of Robert Greenes The 48 Laws of Power, Leachs compelling and inspiring book examines Geronimos leadership approach and the timeless strategies, decisions, and personal qualities that made him a success. Raised in an unforgiving landscape, Geronimo and his band faced enemies better armed, better equipped, and more numerous than they were. But somehow they won victories against all odds, beguiling the United States and Mexican governments and earning the respect and awe of those generals committed to hunting him down. While some believed that Geronimo had supernatural powers, much of his genius can be ascribed to old-fashioned values such as relentless training and preparation, leveraging resources, finding ways to turn defeats into victories, and being faster and more nimble than his enemy. The tactics of Geronimo would be studied and copied by the US military for generations.Pain, pride, humility, familymany things shaped Geronimos life. In this compelling book that humanizes a man many misunderstood (New York Times bestselling author Brian Kilmeade), Mike Leach illustrates how we too can use the forces and circumstances of our own lives to build true leadership today.