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.