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The Luck of Huemac
Overview
The rise and fall of Aztec civilization (1428—1520), as seen through the lives of four generations of Aztec warriors, sorcerers, ballplayers, and composers of flower songs.
First published: 1981 by Random House
Languages: English, German
Praise
“A labor of love by a man who has immersed himself for years in his chosen period and people, and which makes one feel transported into a society as strange to us as life on another planet.”
- Mary Renault
“ …heroic and mystical and romantic… atmospherically realistic.”
- New York Times
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