Aztec Autumn

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name = Aztec Autumn
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image_caption = Cover of 1997 First Edition
author = Gary Jennings
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country = United States
language = English
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genre = Historical novel
publisher = Forge (Tor Books)
release_date = August 1997
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media_type = Print (Hardbound)
pages = 380 pp
isbn = ISBN 0312862504
preceded_by = Aztec
followed_by = Aztec Blood

"Aztec Autumn" is a 1997 historical fiction novel by Gary Jennings; it is a sequel to Jennings's 1980 bestseller Aztec.

Plot summary

The narrative takes us to a time one generation after the Conquest, when the magnificent Aztec empire has fallen beneath the brutal heel of the invading Spaniards. But one proud Aztec, Tenamaxtil, refuses to bow to the foreign conquerors - and secretly begins to recruit from among the struggling survivors of the Conquest, an army of insurrection. On his courageous quest he finds high adventure, passionate women, unlikely allies, bright hope, and bitter tragedy. Driven by his dream of restoring the lost glory of the Aztec empire he will come to threaten the seemingly invincible power of mighty Spain. Until now, Tenamaxtil's rebellion has been little remembered, perhaps because it shed no glory on the men who would write the history books, but on its outcome depended the future of all North America.