Ahuitzotl by H. Allenger
Brand: Made for Success Inc.
Product Description
Arrogant pride and an impassioned love of a woman bring to ruin the greatest of Aztec warriorkings Ahuitzotl. The fierce conqueror Ahuitzotl shapes the events that ultimately destroy him. Covering a sixteen year period the last year of the emperor Tizoc and the reign of his successor Ahuitzotl Water Dog this novel is a romantic tragedy about Aztec Mexico. Ahuitzotl is conceived as a tragic hero in its true classical form. As ruler he embarks on a series of conquests that make him the undisputed master of his world. At the dedication ceremony of the Great Temple in his capital he orders as a climactic exposition of his pride the largest mass sacrifice ever known an orgy of excess seen by the priests as outraging the gods and for which he will suffer their vengeance. He leads his people to their greatest heights only to then bring calamity upon them giving credence to their belief that he is being punished for having offended the gods. He alienates his allied lords as he seeks to place their kingdoms under his domination. He manipulates the lives of his two most beloved women to serve his own selfish purposes resulting in tragic consequences for one of them. When matched in skill and prowess by the enemy lord of a rival power he becomes obsessed with destroying his opponent unable to tolerate this blow to his ego and sets into motion forces that culminate in a cruel retribution against him. The world of the Aztec ruling elites with its intrigues politics and bloody rituals comes to life for the reader in this epic work. show more
Condition : New
Author : H. Allenger
Weight : 951.89
Publisher : Made For Success Inc.
Language : English
EAN : 9781613395004
ISBN10 : 1613395000
Format : Paperback Softback
Date of Publication : 20133006
Place of Publication : United States
Pagination : 630 Pages No
Dimensions : 229 X 152