Travel back to a lost world with the ADVENTURES IN TIME series — stories so extraordinary it almost seems impossible that they are all true. ‘An invisible tremor ran through the Aztecs on the rooftops, a breathless gasp of excitement. On the edge of the city the drummers struck up their rhythm. They were coming…’ With its vast cities, soaring pyramids and glittering treasure, the Aztec Empire was one of the greatest civilisations on earth — at once beautiful and terrible. At its head stood Emperor Montezuma, master of millions, who spoke with the voice of the gods and fed the sun with the blood of his prisoners. Yet Montezuma was gripped by terrifying omens. When Spanish explorers landed on his shore in search of fortune, nothing would ever be the same again… The Adventures in Time series breathes life into history for children of the twenty-first century. These tales are every bit as gripping as Harry Potter or Matilda Wormwood — with one crucial difference: they actually happened…
ISBN 13: 9780141999210
Author: Dominic Sandbrook
