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

by Sally Schofer Mathews

Book Overview

"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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0395630355
• ISBN13: 9780395630358
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.8" x 9.6"
• Age Range: 10 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 7

Customer Reviews

A great introduction to the story of the Spanish invasion

I will say first of all that this is a bloody and somewhat gruesome story in parts. But war is bloody and gruesome. It was appropriate for my six year old boy. This was an interesting story (with fabulous pictures) that even teaches how the picture on the Mexican flag came about. I learned something by reading it and it fueled my son's interest in the Mayans, Aztecs, and Incas.

A Truely Sad Story

This historically accurate story of the end of the Aztec Empire in Mexico is well written and engrossing. The history it contains is better suited for oder children, but the format is engaging for younger readers. It's the kind of book that made this adult reader want to learn more about the Aztec and Hernan Cortes!