Aztecs. An Interpretation - Inga Clendinnen

Aztecs. An Interpretation by Inga Clendinnen recreates the culture of the city of Tenochtitlan in its last unthreatened years. It provides a vividly dramatic analysis of Aztec ceremony as performance art, binding the key experiences and concerns of social existence in the late imperial city to the mannered violence of their ritual killings. Illustrated with colour and black and white photographs. Loosely inserted are 3 of the original photos used in the book that were sent to the reviewer. Hardcover. 395pp.