The Rider Haggard Library

In which the narrator recounts years of fragile peace and love amid a shrinking domain, torn by the persistent memory of a distant betrothed and marked by the haunting curse of a vengeful death. As en...

15 Mar 23min

In which the beleaguered defenders of the City of Pines make a desperate stand against overwhelming Spanish forces, rallying their courage to hold a narrow pass and later fortify the city’s battered g...

15 Mar 26min

In which a tense and cunning defence is made against the invading Spaniards and their allies in the narrow Pass of Pines, leading to a hard-won victory that secures a period of uneasy peace for the Ot...

14 Mar 21min

In which, after a perilous flight and concealment in a mountain cave, the wounded hero is brought to the City of Pines where Otomie pleads passionately before her people to choose between slavery unde...

14 Mar 34min

In which the noble Otomie confronts Marina with bitter reproach, revealing wounds both of body and of spirit, even as they unite in a desperate attempt to escape their captive fate under the cruel sha...

14 Mar 25min

In which the prisoner faces the grim knowledge of impending torture at the hands of de Garcia, a foe marked by both charm and cruelty, while Cortes wrestles with the bitter necessity of extracting the...

13 Mar 26min

In which the steadfast Teule endures unspeakable tortures alongside the noble Guatemoc and others, held captive by the Spaniards seeking hidden treasure, while the cruel de Garcia plots further cruelt...

13 Mar 29min

In which the siege of Tenoctitlan unfolds with relentless ferocity, the valiant defenders enduring famine, plague, and despair as their proud city falls to Cortes and his forces amidst bitter betrayal...

13 Mar 29min