387. The Fall of the Aztecs: Prisoners of Montezuma (Part 4)

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🗓️ 13 November 2023

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The year is 1519. Hernán Cortés and his Spanish comrades have arrived in Tenochtitlan, the capital city of the Aztecs, and have been welcomed by their Emperor Montezuma. But what is Montezuma planning? Are the Spaniards his guests - or his prisoners? Has he really acknowledged them as his overlords? Or are they destined for a rather darker fate, as the latest inmates in his mysterious zoo? In today’s episode, Tom and Dominic follow the Spaniards as they explore the magnificent city of Tenochtitlan, from the crowds in the markets to the blood-drenched shrines atop the temple pyramids. The days pass, the smiles fade and the tension rises. And then Cortés hears news from the coast that changes everything, and must roll the dice one more time in the greatest gamble of all … *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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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to the Rest is History.
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0:10.7	That's rest is History Pod.com. That night as Ernie and Cortez stood on his balcony and stared out across the
0:29.4	lights of the city, his mind was uneasy. To seek his fortune he had traveled thousands of miles across land and sea.
0:36.5	And here he was in the center of an island city in the heart of a foreign empire,
0:41.7	surrounded by people who didn't speak his language,
0:44.4	didn't worship his God, and could turn on him at any moment.
0:48.0	And as a deep silence fell across the city, one thought, prayed on his mind. So far he had been lucky, but one day very soon his luck might run out.
1:07.0	Thrilling stuff there, Dominic, from your new book, The Fall of the Aztecs, one of your Adventures in Time series,
1:10.0	great stuff.
1:11.0	And we are... What is this this I'm losing track episode four
1:14.8	episode four time into our Aztec epic and Cortez and his Spanish adventurers
1:20.9	are in Tenoshtit, the great Aztec capital, and what is going to happen next.
1:27.0	Well, this is the question, isn't it, Tom, because this thought must have been on their minds.
1:32.0	Yeah, I mean, how could it not be?
1:34.0	Cortez, to recap, has made this extraordinary gamble.
1:37.7	He has gone against his orders with this company,
1:41.2	many of whom are probably not particularly loyal to him and have their own agendas.
1:46.0	They have gone inland, as we discussed last time.
1:50.0	They seem to have struck this alliance with a city state called Slashkala.
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