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Playing devil’s advocate: a Mexican historian defends the Conquistadors

The massacres that followed in the wake of Cortés and Pizarro were the result of a colossal misunderstanding, according to Fernando Cervantes

The Conquistadors massacre the Native Indians. Credit: Getty Images
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  • Conquistadores: A New History

    Fernando Cervantes

    Allen Lane, pp. 608, £30

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