To this day, the legacy of Hernán Cortés and his interpreter and concubine La Malinche remains perplexing. Was Cortés a treacherous murderer or a heroic conqueror? Did La Malinche do what she had to do to stay alive, or did she betray her people? Centuries later, it's impossible to know exactly what happened, but the stories of the lives of the conquistador and the enslaved Aztec noblewoman will continue to be told in relationship to one another. Their stories remain both fascinating and intertwined. Together. Cortés and La Malinche changed Mexico and the Americas. Book jacket.