Description: The essential guide to the world of Aztec mythology, based on Nahuatl-language sources that challenge the colonial history passed down to us by the Spanish.
Brief description: Camilla Townsend is distinguished professor of history at Rutgers University and a vocal supporter of the rights of Indigenous peoples. She is the author of numerous books, including Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs, which won the Cundill History Prize in 2020. Her other books include Malintzin's Choices: An Indian Woman in the Conquest of Mexico, Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma, and Annals of Native America: How the Nahuas of Colonial Mexico Kept Their History Alive.
Review Quotes: Historian Townsend, who focuses on Indigenous peoples of the Western Hemisphere, sets the record straight by drawing mainly upon Indigenous primary sources... The writing is scholarly but engaging. The stories flow one after the other, which makes this book more of a extended reading experience than a quick-reference tool. That experience is worth the time to rediscover more authentic 'Aztecs.'-- "Booklist"