Sad Night: The Story of an Aztec Victory & a Spanish Loss

"This sensitive treatment of La Noche Triste, or The Sad Night, the last battle the Aztecs won against the Spaniards, is a highly effective melding of graceful, lucid text and stylized art. Designed to resemble Aztec codices, the illustrations appear in double-page strips above the bordered text. Beginning with the Aztec migration to Tenochtitlán (now Mexico City), the history of this people is traced through their final conquest by Cortés's forces. . . . This title has the distinction of combining myth with historical fact in a particularly successful manner. An engaging introduction to Mexican history."--School Library JournalMathews, Sally Schofer is the author of 'Sad Night: The Story of an Aztec Victory & a Spanish Loss', published 1994 under ISBN 9780788167621 and ISBN 0788167626.