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A vow of vengeance carries an Englishman into an Aztec city where love and loyalty face the coming war.
In H. Rider Haggard's Montezuma's Daughter, Thomas Wingfield leaves the English countryside to pursue the man who wrongs his family. His search takes him through Spain and into Mexico, where the lake city of Tenochtitlan opens before him. Temples, markets and long causeways surround a stranger whose oath gives him purpose—and threatens to harden his heart.
There he meets Otomie, Montezuma's brave and passionate daughter, whose love for Thomas is tested by loyalty to her people. As Hernando Cortes and his men enter the city, an uneasy peace begins to fail. Private vengeance and love become entangled with the Spanish conquest, and Thomas must face what his vow demands in a world at war.
What you’ll discover
- A vow with teeth Follow a family wrong that drives Thomas far from the gentleness of his English home.
- A princess divided Meet Otomie, whose courage and passion bind love to the claims of her people.
- The city on water Enter Tenochtitlan through its markets, temples and causeways, with danger gathering around its uneasy peace.
- Leaders under pressure Watch Montezuma face shrinking power while Guatemoc stands steadfast against the Spanish invasion.
- Love against vengeance Consider whether an oath that gives life direction can leave room for tenderness.
Who will love it
For readers who love old-fashioned adventure, vivid battles and doomed love, and anyone curious about the Aztec world and the conquest of Mexico.
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- An English boyhood and a binding vow
- Exile and danger lead him west
- Mexico, the emperor and a stranger named Teule
- Otomie and a love across two worlds
- War breaks over the lake city
- What the story means and how it is told
Who’s who
- Thomas WingfieldAn English gentleman's son who tells the tale, driven abroad by a family wrong, and bound by a vow that shapes his life.
- OtomieA daughter of Montezuma, a brave and passionate princess whose love for Thomas is tested by loyalty to her people.
- MontezumaThe Aztec emperor, proud and uneasy, who faces the arrival of the Spanish with fear, omens and shrinking power.
- GuatemocA young Aztec prince and war leader, fierce and steadfast, who stands against the Spanish invasion of the lake city.
- Hernando CortesThe Spanish commander who leads the conquest of Mexico with daring, cunning and ruthless purpose.
- Lily BozardThe English girl Thomas loves in his youth, who stands for the home and gentleness he leaves behind.
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La figlia di Montezuma
by H. Rider Haggard · 1893
Thomas Wingfield carries a vow of vengeance to Mexico, where love binds him to a world facing Spanish conquest.
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Montezuma's Daughter is an adventure novel by H. Rider Haggard, published in 1893.
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An English boyhood and a binding vow
The story begins in England, in the countryside of the early sixteenth century. Thomas Wingfield grows up in a gentleman's family, in a world of village life, church and old loyalties. He is telling his own story as an older man, and his voice is plain, honest and a little stern.
His young life is shaped by two forces. One is love, for a girl named Lily Bozard, who stands for the gentle home he will lose. The other is a wrong done to his family by someone close to it. Haggard uses this wrong to give Thomas a purpose that lasts through every later page.
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What is Montezuma's Daughter about?
It tells of Thomas Wingfield, an Englishman who leaves home under a vow of vengeance and reaches Mexico during the Spanish conquest. He meets the Aztec emperor's family and falls in love with Otomie amid war.
Is Montezuma's Daughter a true story?
No. Thomas Wingfield and his tale are invented, but the setting is real. Montezuma, Guatemoc and Cortes were historical figures, and the conquest of Tenochtitlan in 1519 to 1521 forms the background.
When was Montezuma's Daughter written?
H. Rider Haggard published it in 1893. It came after his African adventures and shows his interest in ancient civilizations, which he researched through Spanish accounts of the conquest of Mexico.
The author
H. Rider Haggard
1856–1925 · English adventure novelist
Henry Rider Haggard (1856–1925) was an English novelist. He was born in Norfolk, lived in southern Africa from 1875 to 1881, and later settled in Norfolk. He wrote King Solomon’s Mines (1885), She (1887), and Beatrice (1890). He also wrote about agriculture and rural life. He died in London.
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