The saga of the Spanish conquest of northeastern New Spain, and of the
roles played by Conversos of Jewish descent in the colonizing effort, is
presented. Includes new and exciting information extracted from Spanish
Inquisition records about the Garzas of Monterrey. Features chapters on the
principal figures in the Monterrey area during that formative era--Luis de
Carvajal, Alberto del Canto, Diego de Montemayor--amid the ongoing battles
with the indigenous Chichimecas.

"This meticulously researched and admirably presented work is a major
contribution to the history of the new World, and is an engaging account of
an era characterized by the struggle between compulsion and freedom of
conscience"

--Dr. Martin A. Cohen, Professor of Jewish History
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, New York City