Greg Jenner

Yeah, Cortés races off to face them down.

Yeah, here's all the gold I've got. Come get some gold.

Yeah, here's all the gold I've got. Come get some gold.

Meanwhile, Pedro de Alvarado has left back in the city of Tenochtitlan. He then goes, oh, I've just heard the Aztecs are threatening to kill us all. We'd better kill them first. Yes, basically.

Meanwhile, Pedro de Alvarado has left back in the city of Tenochtitlan. He then goes, oh, I've just heard the Aztecs are threatening to kill us all. We'd better kill them first. Yes, basically.

He's not going to leave any evidence of his complicity, is he? He knows what he's doing.

He's not going to leave any evidence of his complicity, is he? He knows what he's doing.

Yeah. And so Moctezuma appears on a terrace to convince his people to sort of calm down. Yeah. And then somehow he dies.

Yeah. And so Moctezuma appears on a terrace to convince his people to sort of calm down. Yeah. And then somehow he dies.

So that's the end of Montezuma. Cortes is now in control, I think we can say.

So that's the end of Montezuma. Cortes is now in control, I think we can say.

Cortes then continues and Mexico is conquered by Spain and it becomes part of the Spanish Empire and sends home all the silver and gold back to Spain. So that's sort of the conquest story. And then Melintzin at this point has kind of done her job. No. Could she not just go, all right, job done, thanks very much, I'm off?

Cortes then continues and Mexico is conquered by Spain and it becomes part of the Spanish Empire and sends home all the silver and gold back to Spain. So that's sort of the conquest story. And then Melintzin at this point has kind of done her job. No. Could she not just go, all right, job done, thanks very much, I'm off?

I mean, they have a kid together, don't they?

I mean, they have a kid together, don't they?

But she doesn't marry Cortés because he's married, so she's with Cortés, but she then marries another Spanish woman.

But she doesn't marry Cortés because he's married, so she's with Cortés, but she then marries another Spanish woman.

The interesting thing about Meliton is that's sort of where the story ends. She dies quite young. She dies in 1529 when she's only... She's barely 30 yet, if that. So that's quite sad. And that's where we leave her in the story, apart from perhaps in your nuance window. But what about Cortez? Does he then say, oh, big thanks to Melinda?

The interesting thing about Meliton is that's sort of where the story ends. She dies quite young. She dies in 1529 when she's only... She's barely 30 yet, if that. So that's quite sad. And that's where we leave her in the story, apart from perhaps in your nuance window. But what about Cortez? Does he then say, oh, big thanks to Melinda?

Is there a sort of like in memoriam section where he's like, she, you know, I really needed her? Or does he just sort of pretend she never really did anything important?