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Montezuma's daughter is a novel written by H. Rider Haggard and first published in 1893.

The story follows Thomas Wingfield, an Englishman who seeks revenge against Juan de García, the man responsible for the murder of his mother.

His journey takes him across the ocean, where he becomes involved in the events of Hernán Cortés' invasion of the Aztec empire.

Captured by the Aztecs, Tomás wins the favour of Moctezuma and falls in love with his daughter Otomie.

As the Spanish advance, he witnesses the fall and destruction of the Aztec civilisation. Torn between loyalty to his adopted people and his own origins, Tomás struggles to survive amid the brutality of conquest. The novel combines romance, action and historical detail to create a vivid portrait of the clash between two worlds.

"Now glory be to God who has given us the victory! It is true, the strength of Spain is shattered, her ships are sunk or fled, the sea has swallowed her soldiers and her sailors by hundreds and by thousands, and England breathes again. They came to conquer, to bring us to the torture and the stake—to do to us free Englishmen as Cortes did by the Indians of Anahuac. Our manhood to the slave bench, our daughters to dishonour, our souls to the loving-kindness of the priest, our wealth to the Emperor and the Pope! God has answered them with his winds, Drake has answered them with his guns."