Aztec

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 768 pages
• Published by: Forge Books March 20, 2007
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0765317508
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0765317506
• Book Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1.6 inches
• Weighs: 1.6 pounds

Product Review
“A dazzling and hypnotic historical novel.”--The New York Times
 
 “Anyone who reads, anyone who still lusts for adventure or that book you can’t put down, will glory in Aztec.”—Los Angeles Times

Product Review
"A first-class storyteller.Mr. Jennings has achieved true distinction." --Atlantic Monthly

"Anyone who reads, anyone who still lusts for adventure or that book you can't put down, will glory in the Aztec." --The Los Angeles Times

"Aztec is so vivid that this reviewer had the novel experience of dreaming of the Aztec world, in Technicolor, for several nights in a row." --The Chicago Sun-Times

"The scope of the book includes the gallantry and barbarism, sex and nobility, intelligence and folly, of historical fiction..[The reader] is amply entertained and caught up in fascinating history." --San Francisco Chronicle

"RemarkableIt conveys with ferocious yet often lyrical force the texture of life in a civilization at once intensely sophisticated and, by our standards, uterly barbaric.A splendidly colorful, wholly convincing re-creation of a vanished culture." --Cosmopolitan
--This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

Reader Reviews
This review is from: Aztec (Mass Market Paperback) I cannot say it is the best book ever written, for I have not read every book. But I say that if I had, Aztec would probably be the one I'd remember most dearly. In other words, you're not a book-lover if you haven't read Aztec. It will shock you, it will make you laugh, it will take you close to tears. It's the most complete literary work I've ever come across and it will probably keep this title for a long time. The main character is incredibly human, even more human than some people I know. I cringe when I call him a character, because after reading this book, he feels more like a friend. He makes mistakes, not stupid mistakes, but mistakes we would make if we were in his position. The people that he shares his life with are also noteworthy. Even Hernan Cortes isn't demonized here. The Spanish are noted as real people. As people with flaws, which are criticised with heavy doses of irony and sarcasm. I love reading books, but the biggest book I've read before Aztec was only 450 pages long. This is 1039. If you want to start reading long books (it's a step bigger than I imagined) than Aztec would be the perfect kind. The book is huge not because it has overly-long-descriptions. It's long because it's a person's life, and a very long and busy life I might add. I plan on finding a hardcover edition of this book. Just so I can keep it on my shelf, unread and in perfect condition. This is better entertainment than any other kind of media can give. Buy this book. Read it. Love it. Share it. Comment | | (Report this)