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This two-volume set tells the stories of four important Spanish explorers or military leaders--Columbus and Cort s in vol I, and Pizarro, Soto, and Cabeza de Vaca in vol I.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe two volumes are not only informative but easy to read, because they don't offer the usual dry historical descriptions of past events, but are instead built around the lively accounts of the participants themselves, eyewitness accounts that are held together by a narrative calculated to deliver an appealing and readable story. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eConquistador Voices\u003c\/em\u003e neither glorifies these controversial men nor censures their actions, preferring to leave such moralizing to the reader. 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