Montezuma and the Conquest of Mexico is a historical account of the Spanish conquest of Mexico in the 16th century, written by American author Edward Eggleston and first published in 1880. The book tells the story of Hernan Cortes and his army of conquistadors as they arrived in Mexico in 1519 and encountered the powerful Aztec empire ruled by Montezuma II. Eggleston describes the cultural clash between the Aztecs and the Spanish, as well as the military...