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Ahuitzotl: A Novel of Aztec Mexico
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ISBN10: 1613395000
ISBN13: 9781613395004
Publisher: Audioink Publishing
Published: Aug 27 2013
Pages: 630
Weight: 1.83
Height: 1.27 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781613395004
Publisher: Audioink Publishing
Published: Aug 27 2013
Pages: 630
Weight: 1.83
Height: 1.27 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Arrogant pride and an impassioned love of a woman bring to ruin the greatest of Aztec warrior-kings, Ahuitzotl.
The fierce conqueror Ahuitzotl shapes the events that ultimately destroy him.
Ambitious, bold, proud, and undefeated on the battlefield, the charismatic and dynamic warlord, Ahuitzotl, stops at nothing in order to attain his vainglorious ends. He is involved in a plot to depose the present monarch after being assured by the leader of the inter-clan council that he would be appointed to succeed him in power.
As ruler, he embarks on a series of conquests that make him the undisputed master of his world. At the dedication ceremony of the Great Temple in his capital, he orders, as a climactic exposition of his pride, the largest mass sacrifice ever known, an orgy of excess seen by the priests as outraging the gods, and for which he will suffer their vengeance. He leads his people to their greatest heights only to then bring calamity upon them, giving credence to their belief that he is being punished for having offended the gods. He alienates his allied lords as he seeks to place their kingdoms under his domination. He manipulates the lives of his two most beloved women to serve his own selfish purposes, resulting in tragic consequences for one of them. When matched in skill and prowess by the enemy lord of a rival power, he becomes obsessed with destroying his opponent, unable to tolerate this blow to his ego, and sets into motion forces that culminate in a cruel retribution against him. The world of the Aztec ruling elites, with its intrigues, politics, and bloody rituals comes to life for the reader in this epic work.
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