VERY INFORMATIVE!
This is the Aztecs account of the conquest of Mexico. Amazing!Enlighting! I love it! A very useful book if you are looking to find what I think was the truth in History of Mexico. This is one of very few that will tell you the story from the conquered.

The Other Perspective of the Conquest
Miguel Leon-Portillo's collection of Nahua accounts of the Spanish conquest affords the reader a unique opportunity to experience the conquest through the mind of the Amerindian. The book records the human response of the Nahuatl speaking peoples of central Mexico to the strange and terrifying events that ultimately destroyed their city and their way of life. Through songs, pictures, and oral tradition, the plight of the people was preserved, and some of the more powerful and eloquent of these are represented in »The Broken Spears.« Do not expect an objective historical account of the conquest from this book. That is not the intention, as clearly stated by Leon-Portillo in his introduction. Rather, it is a glimpse into how the natives responded to and came to terms with events that were so strange and frightening to them that they bordered on the apocalyptic. What the reader gains, then, is an eloquent testimony to the passion and intellect of the native people of central Mexico who were so often, in many Spanish accounts, reduced to barbaric, blood-thirsty savages with little capacity for human sympathy.

The Other Guys Story of the Spanish Conquest of Mexico
I enjoyed reading the Aztec account of the colonization of Colonial Mexico. The book is a translation of Nahuatl writings. See- the Spanish provided an alphabet which the Aztecs did not have prior to Spanish arrival and then the Aztecs applied the alphabet to their native Nahuatl language and began writing. The only concern a reader should have is accuracy- the documents of the account were written 10 years and more after the fact. A tip when reading: start with Chapter 14 which summarizes all the events, then read Chapters 1 – 13 which elaborate on events in detail, and finally conclude with chapters 15 – 16. I highly recommend this book for anyone studying Colonial Mexico History or persons who want to know more about Aztecs and their culture.

One of A Kind
If you've been looking for a different insight into Mexico's Conquest than the Spanish telling, then this is your book. Highly recommended for everyone for the reason that it is written on the accounts of the vanquished. It will broaden your understanding and motivate you to keep going.

Review on »The Broken Spears: The Aztec account«
A wonderful compilation of accounts on the conquest of Mexico. This work has been able to bring together the limited sources of non-European accounts of the conquest, therefore aiding to fill in the holes of such an infamous encounter. I would highly recommend this for anyone interested in ancient Mexican history, Aztec history, or history in general.

• American history – c 1500 to c 1800
• Aztecs
• Aztecs – History
• Civilization
• Europe – Spain & Portugal
• First contact with Europeans
• History
• HISTORY – Europe – Spain & Portugal
• History – General
• History – General History
• History – Latin America – Mexico
• History – World
• History – World & General
• Indians of Mexico
• Indigenous peoples
• Latin America – Mexico
• Mexico
• Nahuatl literature
• Native American
• Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects
• Sources
• Translations into Spanish

0.) The Conquest of New Spain
Bernal Díaz del Castillo, John M. Cohen (introduction)
Penguin Classics; 1963
Paperback

1.) Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies
Bartolomé de las Casas, Dr. Anthony Pagden (introduction), Nigel Griffin (translator)
Penguin Classics; 1999
Paperback

2.) Colonial Latin America
Mark A. Burkholder, Lyman L. Johnson
Oxford University Press, USA; 2007
Paperback

3.) Letters from Mexico
Hernan Cortes, Dr. Anthony Pagden (translator)
Yale University Press; 2001
Paperback

4.) Aztec Thought and Culture
Miguel Leon-Portilla
University of Oklahoma Press; 1990
Paperback