Libros de Bernal Díaz Del Castillo (2 libros)

Ninguna de las crónicas de la conquista del Nuevo Mundo alcanza el valor literario e histórico de La Verdadera Historia de la Conquista de la Nueva España, un acontecimiento histórico que cambió al mundo para siempre, narrado por uno de sus protagonistas.Esta es una obra de Bernal Díaz del Castillo, quien nos narra el proceso de la conquista de México de una manera ruda, aunque sencilla, ágil y directa. Cada página es un retrato pintoresco plagado de detalles y aventuras. Leer su libro es transportarse al pasado y vivir al lado de un soldado todos los sucesos de la conquista:...

Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492-1584) was a foot soldier in the army of Mexico's conqueror Hernán Cortés. The first edition of his True History of the Conquest of New Spain (as it was entitled in a later English translation) was published in Madrid in 1632 from a manuscript copy sent to Spain shortly after the author's death. Written in a highly accessible style, and describing the experiences of the troops themselves rather than seeing events from an officer's perspective, the work became even more successful than the official accounts and went through many editions and translations. The...