Feathered serpent : a novel of the Mexican conquest [WorldCat Entities]

""A high-born Mexica heiress, she [Malinali] was sold into slavery as a child, and it was a slave of the Maya that she met the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes."--Jacket."
""A high-born Mexica heiress, she [Malinali] was sold into slavery as a child, and it was a slave of the Maya that she met the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes."--Jacket."@en
"The triumphant, controversial life of the Aztec woman Malinali is one of the great and enduring legends of Mexico. A high-born Mexica heiress, she was sold into slavery as a child, and it was as a slave of the Maya that she met the Spanish conquistador Hern©Łn Cort©♭s. To her, and many of the Mexica, Cort©♭s, with his ?owing beard and pale skin, was Feathered Serpent, the god whose return to earth foretold the end of Montezuma's fabled empire. The daughter of a prophet, Malinali knew her fate lay with Feathered Serpent and his invaders. To this day she is reviled as a traitor by Mexico's native people, but is also honored as a heroine and symbolic mother of a mixed-race nation. This is her story--and the story of the Spanish conquest of Mexico, which for better or worse changed the Americas forever. In Feathered Serpent, Colin Falconer brings the Aztec empire to life in blazing color and gives voice to the incomparable Malinali, who transcended her role as Cort©♭s's translator and consort to become a fiery agent of history against all odds.From the Hardcover edition."@en

Feathered serpent : a novel of the Mexican conquest