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Buddy Levy
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Realm of Ice and Sky Nominated
My most recent book is AMAZINGLY nominated for a Goodreads Choice Award: Favorite History and Biography. I'm up against some of my heroes in narrative history (Rick Atkinson, Ron Chernow, David McCullough, Brad Meltzer) and they are heavy hitters. Still, if you liked Realm and want to see it move on to the next round, please vote for it by Nov 23! And as always, thanks SO much.
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Conquistador: Hernán Cortés, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs:
"Wow! Exciting, edge of your seat reading. “Popular” history told narrative style, but supported with extensive research. An “I was there” kind of history, though by the end you’re certainly glad you weren’t. A wonderful book marred only by an occasio"
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Conquistador: Hernán Cortés, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs:
"The conquest of Mexico is the New World's version of Troy, though in this case we have historical fact supported by primary sources from both sides. Levy's book on Hernan Cortez's destruction of Tenochtitlan and the Aztec empire is remarkable. His de"
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Conquistador: Hernán Cortés, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs
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some great observations including that about no written language at the time ... thanks for reading!
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Conquistador: Hernán Cortés, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs:
"For those complaining about the “eurocentrism,” or whatever, of this book and others regarding the conquest of the Incas and the Aztecs, perhaps they weren’t aware that the Native American peoples had no written language. There were no historians amo"
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Love the line ... "If you wanted to go plunder somewhere, then he is probably a first round draft pick." Yeah, I'd trade up in the draft to get him, p
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Really appreciate your comments! Gracias! Grazie! Merci!
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Sorry for the late reply. Hope you liked Empire of Ice and Stone!
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Buddy Levy
added a status update: Howdy Goodreads Readers! My book Realm of Ice and Sky is AMAZINGLY nominated for the Goodreads Choice Awards: Readers Favorite History and Biography. I'm up against some of my heroes and they are very heavy hitters, so I'm really honored. If you liked Realm of Ice and Sky and want to see it make it to the next round of voting, please vote for it by November 23! And as always, thanks so much for the readership!
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Buddy Levy
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Mark Twain
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Readers' Favorite History & Biography
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Opening Round
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2025 Goodreads Choice Awards.
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“...fortune always favors the bold.”
― Conquistador: Hernán Cortés, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs
― Conquistador: Hernán Cortés, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs
“Ultimately, with ice pressing in on them from all sides, Greely had made the decision to commit the boats and men to the mercies of the floes, with the forlorn hope that tides and winds would propel them south to Cape Sabine. If that failed, they would abandon everything not essential and attempt to cross ice bridges from floe to floe until they reached land. Some of Greely’s men disagreed with him, muttering that his decisions were madness and amounted to suicide. One of the men said he feared “another Franklin disaster.” The expedition doctor scribbled furiously in his journal: “It is terrible to float in this manner, in the snow, fog, and dark. This seems to me like a nightmare in one of Edgar Allan Poe’s stories.” And in many ways, it was.”
― Labyrinth of Ice: The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition
― Labyrinth of Ice: The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition
“Just before noon on February 28, 1882, the thin outline of a glowing orb pierced the southern skyline and hung there, like a wafer pasted in the air. Though faint, the sight was glorious: It was the first time they had seen the sun in 137 days.”
― Labyrinth of Ice: The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition
― Labyrinth of Ice: The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition
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