Montezuma’s Daughter
Haggard turns from Africa to the fall of the Aztec empire in this 1893 historical adventure, narrated in old age by Thomas Wingfield, an Englishman who sets out to avenge his mother’s murder. His hunt for the killer drags him through the Spanish Inquisition, a shipwreck, and slavery before he lands in the doomed capital of Tenochtitlan on the eve of the Spanish conquest. There he wins the love of Otomie, a daughter of Montezuma, and is swept into the destruction of her world by Cortes and his conquistadors. Blending real history with a sweeping revenge plot, it is one of Haggard’s most vivid excursions into the past. A free PDF and EPUB edition is available here.
About the Author
Henry Rider Haggard was born in 1856 in Norfolk, England, and came from a large landed family that had largely exhausted its money by the time he was an adult. He was not a strong student and was the only Haggard son sent out into…
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