![]() ![]() It goes in installments with a preface written by the bishop to kind of give his opinion of the extract. The bishop, Juan De Zamarraga, has a man who can comply and commands him to tell his story as the King commands.Īnd this humble, poor man starts his life story. The story comes about because Don Carlos, the King of Spain, the Supreme Ruler, the Emperor of all Spanish domains, asks the bishop in his dominion for the history of the place via the story of a famous slave. The story has a kind of a parallel preface that is very amusing. ![]() But the prime aim is to give a darn good yarn that will keep you turning the pages. ![]() The setting is Aztec and I think that some of the surprising facts that happen to our protagonist is historically accurate – in the sense that Aztec life involved such events – and to that extent, you do get to understand the Aztec lifestyle and background along with the story. It is not an intellectually challenging book, just a story, whose purpose is to entertain rather than inform, and I think it does it well. ![]() If a book carries you along, surely it is a well written book. You get to invest in the characters and feel their progress and adventures all the way along and root for them, which is nice. The story simply flows, is interesting, and there are enough twists and also a lot of humour to keep you glued to this book till the end. It was a pleasant surprise to read this book. ![]()
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