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FIVE HUNDRED MEN AND A SINGLE WOMAN AGAINST AN ARMY OF ONE MILLION WARRIORS.<br /><br />But it was the woman that swung the odds in their favor.<br /><br />The Spaniards called her La Malinche; she was their translator, the only one who could speak to both the Spanish and the Aztecs, the only one who really knew what was being negotiated, promised or whispered.<br /><br />She was also Cortes’ lover. Her devotion to the man she believed to be a living god changed the course of history.<br /><br />Her role in Mexican history divides opinion. She is reviled by some as a traitor responsible for the destruction of her country; others see her as the symbolic mother of the nation. The controversy about her rages even today; when 'Aztec' was published in Mexico, it spent four months on the bestseller lists.<br /><br />Who was she and what was her role in helping Cortes achieve what still seems unimaginable, even today?<br /><br />The legendary Aztec civilization is here brought to life in blaz