The protagonist, Thomas Wingfield, son of a noble English squire, sets off for Spain to take revenge for his mother’s death, but meets the murderer only decades after, run through a miraculous tragic life. He becomes witness of the Aztec civilization comes to an end under the action of Spanish conquistadors.
Henry Rider Haggard in his novel “Montezuma’s daughter” reproduces the spirit of Aztec Indians. Confining to the style of the novel, he introduces, so simply and captivatingly, the way of lif
e and the history of these people. One can feel sympathy, disgust and respect for Aztecs throughout the narration. An exciting reading, which keeps the reader in suspense till the last page.
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