The White Conquerors: A Tale of Toltec and Aztec


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This historical romance is a telling of the fall of the Aztec Empire. The epic begins on the eve of the dedication ceremony of the monumental Aztec Sun Stone, on which occasion the heroic Tlaxcaltec warrior Tlahuicole fights his fatal gladitorial combat against insurmountable odds, imposed upon him for his defiance of the Aztec priests and their blood-thirsty gods, and ends with the fall of Tenochtitlan, the ancient capital of the Aztecs, at the hands of a coalition of Spanish and allied native forces led by Hernán Cortés. - Summary by Brian Fullen (8 hr 16 min)

Chapters

A Captive Warrior 12:24 Read by Brian Fullen
Remember that Thou Art a Toltec! 12:24 Read by Brian Fullen
In the Market-place of Tenochtitlan 12:20 Read by Brian Fullen
Tlahuicol's Last Battle 11:51 Read by mpinedag
Huetzin's Miraculous Escape 12:56 Read by mpinedag
Two Slaves of Iztapalapan 10:41 Read by mpinedag
Loyalty Outweighs Gold and Freedom 12:08 Read by Brian Fullen
Trapping a King's Courier 12:23 Read by mpinedag
Who are the White Conquerors? 13:38 Read by mpinedag
The Sign of the God of the Four Winds 14:20 Read by Rosario Rosas
How the Tlascalans Fought 11:52 Read by mpinedag
A Son of the House of Titcala 13:44 Read by mpinedag
How Peace was Brought About 13:15 Read by mpinedag
A Challenge and Its Result 11:23 Read by mpinedag
Marching on Cholula 12:32 Read by mpinedag
A Sacrifice of Children and What It Portended 11:26 Read by mpinedag
Punishment of the Conspirators 12:04 Read by mpinedag
First Glimpse of the Mexican Valley 12:36 Read by mpinedag
Montezuma Welcomes the Conquerors to Tenochtitlan 14:18 Read by mpinedag
Huetzin in the Power of the Chief Priest 11:57 Read by mpinedag
A Superstitious King 13:19 Read by mpinedag
Sandoval Plights his Troth 12:34 Read by mpinedag
In the Passages Beneath the Temple 12:13 Read by mpinedag
Montezuma is Made Prisoner 11:27 Read by mpinedag
Cortes Captures and Enlists the Army of his Rival 12:20 Read by mpinedag
Tiata's Brave Death and Sandoval's Grief 11:34 Read by mpinedag
The Conquerors are Besieged in Their Quarters 12:22 Read by mpinedag
A Battle in Mid-air 11:35 Read by mpinedag
The Glorious Triumph of Tlalco 12:00 Read by mpinedag
Montezuma's Successor Defies the Conquerors 13:05 Read by mpinedag
The Retreat from Tenochtitlan 12:47 Read by mpinedag
A Night of Fighting, Despair, and Death 12:11 Read by mpinedag
Marina is Lost and Saved 12:48 Read by mpinedag
Sorrow Turned into Joy, and Darkness into Light 10:40 Read by mpinedag
The Desperate Battle of Otampan 12:09 Read by mpinedag
Victory Snatched from Defeat 11:05 Read by mpinedag
Once More in the Mexican Valley 13:04 Read by mpinedag
Launching the First American Warships 12:18 Read by mpinedag
Alderete's Fatal Error 13:35 Read by mpinedag
Final Overthrow of the Aztec Gods 12:52 Read by mpinedag