A Signal Victory (2014)
“And the reason was simple. He was not a conquistador. He was not even, except in the counting house, a man of honour. He could not be fought on those terms. For he was that new thing in the world, a creature beyond values. Of his species he was one of the first, south of the Germanies, and the men there as Charles V had discovered to his chagrin, even while he bankrupted them, were only usurers. Montejo was an improvement on that plan. He was a business man. He, too, aspired, as Cortés had done..., to title, but he saw his title less as a great house, than as a dynastic bank. As banks do, he had branches. There was not one Francisco de Montejo, but three, for his sister’s son, and his own illegitimate son, all bore that patronymic, and all entered Yucatan, so to speak, to learn the business from the ground up.
He had seen other men take Honduras, Guatemala, and the other lands. There remained Yucatan. No one else wanted it. He saw no reason not to have it for himself.MoreLess
He had seen other men take Honduras, Guatemala, and the other lands. There remained Yucatan. No one else wanted it. He saw no reason not to have it for himself.MoreLess
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