Aztec

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Summary: Wish I was there
Review: I have dreams that take me along the wonderfu l path of life in aztlan. I can almost taste ,smell, touch and feel the joy and painof Mixtil . I can only hope for a sequel to Aztec.

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Summary: El mas bello relato de la verdadera historia de un azteca.
Review: I was a teenager when I read this book for the fist time, I did't like to much to read so my sister Ruth gave me this book . Now I love to read and it also made me much more proud of being mexican. If you haven't been in Mexico you just need to read this book.

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Summary: Wonderful for the traveller in Mexico
Review: I read this book on the recommendation of my sweetheart, in preparation for a trip to visit him in Mexico. WOW. I got so sucked in that I spent much of the time reading in the hotel room, with my traveller's guide to Mexico right beside me. It was amazing how I could crossreference everything Jennings included about the history of the Aztec and the geography. I must say it made my trip in Mexico so much more meaningful and interesting...visiting places such as Palenque (Palemke in Aztec), Chetumal, and Tabasco (the land of the Tabascoob in Aztec) was so exciting after having read about Mixtli's experiences. I recommend this book to anyone interested in history, planning a trip to Mexico, or anyone who wants to become so emotionally involved in a novel that they have dreams about it.

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Summary: A fantastic voyage into the lives of my Azteca ancestors!
Review: Aztec was a stunning read! Like the other commentors, I also read it more than once. I once lent it to my father to read. When he reached one of the first of many of Mixtli's sexual encounters, he called me in disgust to say how dissapointed he was that I read books like that. A week later, he called me to say that Aztec was the best book he'd ever read in his whole life! The history in the fiction was overwhelming! I am now reading Aztec Autumn and I have to say that Gary Jennings has not let me down. I kiss the earth to the truth of it!

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Summary: Breathtaking, Incredible, and Tragic
Review: This is definitly one of the best kept secrets of the literary world. Our guide takes us through a land that few could imagine ever existed, from hazardous jungles to the wastelands of the desert, all the while keeping us entralled with a magical story of life, death, and loss. The customs of the Aztecs were bloody yet beautiful in a way few can relate to, are we not the same today? To think that the Aztec Indians, or Mexica, had all the luxuries that we possess now without the polution, and wanton wastefulness of the current generation is amazing, but to disbelieve the same is just plain ignorance. Read this book and understand the real tragedy of the modern world.

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Summary: the best adventure novel I ever read
Review: I stumbled on this book in a bookstore, probably back in 1983, read it, was stunned by it and obviously started to lend it to friends and lost it......Until March of this year 1997, I never was able to find it again. I found it at Russell's, a well known Montreal second hand bookstore: the owner glancing at me: saying:that is a real find! Three weeks ago at the airport I suddenly saw it republished. I bought 5 copies to send to people whom I have been bugging about this book for the last 10 or so years.....

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Summary: spellbound
Review: I picked up this book for a time of liesure and found myself in the heart of the past.I became this warrior and merchant and traveler. This became my life until I completed this life I had become. My vision improved when looking through the crystal. An exciting,enthralling,and breathtaking read!

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Summary: Get one now, while it's still sold!
Review: I read one of the earlier publications when I was in Grade School. I forgot homework, until I finished the book. I reread it twice when I was in High School, and reread it again when I was in College. It simply is that good. The plot is easily understood even for teeners, and the stories of the brother of Tzitzilini is so frank that the book's effect is the storyteller himself is in front of you. The book is well-researched. Make sure you don't have anything urgent to do before you crack this book open, you might not be able to stop.

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Summary: You will never be the same!
Review: I read this book when I was a junior in High school as part of a history paper... I don't think my teacher had read it. I did and I grew up real fast! Jennings took me places I never knew existed. I reread this book 4 years later after college - boy had I missed stuff... As I reread it I was brought to a new and totally different level than when I read it in highschool. Now it has become a reference book in all sorts of conversations. I have passages memorized word per word and on what page. I can't recommend it enough - but remember... You will never be the same!

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Summary: AMAZING!
Review: I TEASED MY BROTHER-IN-LAW WHEN HE WAS READING THIS NOVEL BECAUSE IT TOOK HIM NEARLY A YEAR-AND-A-HALF TO FINISH. HE KEPT INSISTING THAT IT WAS A GREAT BOOK BUT HE WAS TOO INVOLVED IN STUDYING TO PUT A REALLY BIG DENT IN IT AT ONE SITTING. I TOLD HIM THAT I WOULD THROW AWAY ANY BOOK THAT TOOK ME THAT LONG TO FINISH. THEN ONE NIGHT I COULDN'T SLEEP AND I DIDN'T HAVE A BOOK TO READ. I WENT INTO THE GARAGE WHERE I REALIZED THAT I HAD READ EVERY ONE OF THE TWO THOUSAND OR SO BOOKS WE HAVE STREWN ABOUT. I CHANCE UPOS AZTEC AND THOUGHT "WHAT THE HELL". THREE DAYS LATER I TURNED THE LAST PAGE. THIS IS WITHOUT QUESTION ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS I HAVE EVER READ. I SIMPLY COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN. MY WORK SUFFERRED, MY MARRIAGE SUFFERRED, BUT IT WAS WORTH THOSE THREE DAYS OF HELLISH REALITY WHEN THE PAYOFF WAS THREE DAYS IN TENOCHTITLAN! I FOUND MYSELF DREAMING (WHEN I FOUND TIME FOR SLEEP) THAT I WAS IN THE BOOK AND SHARING MIXTLI'S EXPERIENCES. I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT NO BOOK HAS EVER HAD THAT EFFECT ON ME. MR JENNINGS, YOU'VE CREATED A MASTERPIECE!