385. The Fall of the Aztecs: The Woman Who Changed The World (Part 2)

The Rest Is History

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🗓️ 7 November 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Hernán Cortés has set sail from Cuba, eager to find the truth behind the rumours of gold on the coast of Mexico. Ahead lies a world he can barely imagine - a land of pyramid temples, terrifying gods and unknown peoples - the empire of the Aztecs. But Cortés has a secret weapon: a woman whose very name has become a byword for treachery … In today’s episode, Dominic and Tom explore the extraordinary story of Malinche, the slave-girl given by the Mayans to the Spanish, who becomes Cortés’s translator, guide, lover and adviser. As the expedition moves north along the Mexican coast, is she really doing the Spaniards’ bidding? Or has she secretly taken control, leading them ever closer to a tumultuous and bloody showdown? For all the time, Montezuma is waiting … Don’t miss the second episode in this thrilling account of the Fall of the Aztecs! *Dominic’s book The Fall of the Aztecs is available now from bookshops across the UK - the perfect Christmas present!* *The Rest Is History Live Tour 2023*: Tom and Dominic are back on tour this autumn! See them live in New Zealand and Australia! Buy your tickets here: restishistorypod.com Twitter: @TheRestHistory @holland_tom @dcsandbrook Producer: Theo Young-Smith Executive Producers: Jack Davenport + Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:10.7	That's rest is History Pod.com. Cortez raised his voice above the wind and the waves.
0:28.0	My friends, he said hoarsely, we are setting out today on a great enterprise, which will be famous in years to come.
0:35.4	Out there are vast and wealthy lands, and people such as we have never seen before.
0:41.2	We will take them for our own, he paused. His men stared back at him.
0:46.1	I offer you great rewards, he said, though they will be wrapped about with great hardships.
0:51.3	But as long as you do not abandon me, I will never abandon you, and I will
0:55.4	make you the richest men who have ever crossed the sea. We fight for Almighty God, and he
1:01.5	will give us victory.
1:02.8	At that one of his men hauled up Cortez's golden standard
1:06.3	which had been specially made back in Santiago,
1:08.7	and when the others saw the bright red cross
1:11.3	and the embroidered motto, Amici,
1:13.9	Secama accruchem.
1:15.3	Etsin no spiedem habeamus,
1:17.7	Veré in hock signovinchemus,
1:21.3	some of them began to cheer. First one or two, then more, and then they were all cheering.
1:27.0	Their voices raised in a single chorus.
1:30.0	For God, for Spain, for Spain, for glory,
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