Montezuma’s Daughter by H. Rider Haggard

Montezuma’s Daughter by H. Rider Haggard

Montezuma's Daughter, first published in 1893, is a novel by the Victorian adventure writer H. Rider Haggard. Narrated in the first person by Thomas Wingfield, an Englishman whose adventures include having his mother murdered, a brush with the Spanish Inquisition, shipwreck, and slavery. Eventually, Thomas unwillingly joins a Spanish expedition to New Spain, and the novel tells a fictionalized story of the first interactions between the natives and European explorers. This includes a number of misunderstandings, prejudice on the part of the Spaniards, and ultimately open war.

During the course of the story, Thomas meets and marries the daughter of the native king from whom the novel takes its title, and settles into life in Mexico. The war destroys his native family, and eventually Thomas gets revenge on the antagonist and returns to England.

Table of Content

Dedication

Note

Chapter 1 Why Thomas Wingfield Tells His Tale

Chapter 2 Of the Parentage of Thomas Wingfield

Chapter 3 The Coming of the Spaniard

Chapter 4 Thomas Tells His Love

Chapter 5 Thomas Swears an Oath

Chapter 6 Good-Bye, Sweetheart

Chapter 7 Andres de Fonseca

Chapter 8 The Second Meeting

Chapter 9 Thomas Becomes Rich

Chapter 10 The Passing of Isabella de Siguenza

Chapter 11 The Loss of the Carak

Chapter 12 Thomas Comes to Shore

Chapter 13 The Stone of Sacrifice

Chapter 14 The Saving of Guatemoc

Chapter 15 The Court of Montezuma

Chapter 16 Thomas Becomes a God

Chapter 17 The Arising of Papantzin

Chapter 18 The Naming of the Brides

Chapter 19 The Four Goddesses

Chapter 20 Otomie’s Counsel

Chapter 21 The Kiss of Love

Chapter 22 The Triumph of the Cross

Chapter 23 Thomas Is Married

Chapter 24 The Night of Fear

Montezuma’s Daughter by H. Rider Haggard

Chapter 25 The Burying of Montezuma’s Treasure

Chapter 26 The Crowning of Guatemoc

Chapter 27 The Fall of Tenoctitlan

Chapter 28 Thomas Is Doomed

Chapter 29 De Garcia Speaks His Mind

Chapter 30 The Escape

Chapter 31 Otomie Pleads with Her People

Chapter 32 The End of Guatemoc

Chapter 33 Isabella de Siguenza Is Avenged

Chapter 34 The Siege of the City of Pines

Chapter 35 The Last Sacrifice of the Women of the Otomie

Chapter 36 The Surrender

Chapter 37 Vengeance

Chapter 38 Otomie’s Farewell

Chapter 39 Thomas Comes Back from the Dead

Chapter 40 Amen