When Montezuma Met Cortés: The True Story of the Meeting that Changed History

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Referenced as an author who emphasizes what he sees as the near genocidal approach of the Spaniards. His book about Moctezuma meeting Cortez is specifically mentioned as giving 'a terrifying portrait' of the conquest's horrors. Also credited with the phrase 'armed entrepreneurs' to describe conquistadors. Described as wanting to remove glamour and melodrama from the conquest narrative.

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Referenced as 'the most brilliant recent book' about the conquest of the Aztecs. The hosts discuss how Restall views Cortés as a mediocrity rather than hero or villain, and later cite his five theories about Moctezuma's death.

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Referenced as a 'brilliant, brilliant book on the meeting between Montezuma and Cortez.' The book is discussed extensively regarding the theory that Montezuma may have been collecting the Spaniards for his zoo and that the standard narrative of Montezuma immediately surrendering is implausible.