New York: Ives Washburn, (1954) dj. Hardcover first edition - An historical novel about Hernan Cortes in early 16th century Mexico, and Marina, the Nahua woman (one of twenty enslaved people given to the Spanish) who became his mistress, advisor and interpretor, and bore his son. This novel treats her sympathetically, but she has also been called a traitor for the assistance she gave to Cortes. Author's note, bibliography. 378 pp.

London: Andre Deutsch, (1994.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Five novellas by this award winning author from Mexico, which together create an imaginative reconstruction of the past and present history - the novellas include "The Two Shores" (a story of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Caribbean), "Sons of the Conquistadors" (about the fate of the sons of Hernan Cortes), "The Two Numantias", "Apollo and the Whores", and "The Two Americas"; translated from the Spanish by Alfred Mac Adam. 229 pp. ISBN: 0-233-988424.