# By Right of Conquest; Or, With Cortez in Mexico Author: Henty, G. A. (George Alfred), 1832-1902 Genre: Historical Fiction Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19398 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=By+Right+of+Conquest%3B+Or%2C+With+Cortez+in+Mexico+Henty&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary The conquest of Mexico, an extensive empire with a numerous and warlike population, by a mere handful of Spaniards, is one of the romances of history. Indeed, a writer of fiction would scarcely have dared to invent so improbable a story. Even the bravery of the Spaniards, and the advantage of superior arms would not have sufficed to give them the victory, had it not been that Mexico was ripe for disruption. The Aztecs, instead of conciliating by wise and gentle government the peoples they had conquered, treated them with such despotic harshness that they were ready to ally themselves with the invaders, and to join with them heartily against the central power; so that instead of battling a... ## Chapters - [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-right-of-conquest-or-with-cortez-in-mexico-19398/chapters/10/index.md) - [Chapter 22](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-right-of-conquest-or-with-cortez-in-mexico-19398/chapters/22/index.md) - [Chapter 23](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-right-of-conquest-or-with-cortez-in-mexico-19398/chapters/23/index.md) - [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-right-of-conquest-or-with-cortez-in-mexico-19398/chapters/11/index.md) - [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-right-of-conquest-or-with-cortez-in-mexico-19398/chapters/13/index.md) - [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-right-of-conquest-or-with-cortez-in-mexico-19398/chapters/17/index.md) - [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-right-of-conquest-or-with-cortez-in-mexico-19398/chapters/16/index.md) - [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-right-of-conquest-or-with-cortez-in-mexico-19398/chapters/18/index.md) - [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-right-of-conquest-or-with-cortez-in-mexico-19398/chapters/5/index.md) - [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-right-of-conquest-or-with-cortez-in-mexico-19398/chapters/2/index.md) - [Chapter 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-right-of-conquest-or-with-cortez-in-mexico-19398/chapters/20/index.md) - [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-right-of-conquest-or-with-cortez-in-mexico-19398/chapters/4/index.md) - [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-right-of-conquest-or-with-cortez-in-mexico-19398/chapters/6/index.md) - [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-right-of-conquest-or-with-cortez-in-mexico-19398/chapters/15/index.md) - [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-right-of-conquest-or-with-cortez-in-mexico-19398/chapters/7/index.md) - [Chapter 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-right-of-conquest-or-with-cortez-in-mexico-19398/chapters/21/index.md) - [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-right-of-conquest-or-with-cortez-in-mexico-19398/chapters/8/index.md) - [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-right-of-conquest-or-with-cortez-in-mexico-19398/chapters/14/index.md) - [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-right-of-conquest-or-with-cortez-in-mexico-19398/chapters/19/index.md) - [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-right-of-conquest-or-with-cortez-in-mexico-19398/chapters/3/index.md) - [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-right-of-conquest-or-with-cortez-in-mexico-19398/chapters/9/index.md) - [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-right-of-conquest-or-with-cortez-in-mexico-19398/chapters/12/index.md) - [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-right-of-conquest-or-with-cortez-in-mexico-19398/chapters/1/index.md)