Cortez in Mexico: Jack Wheeler Makes History Come Alive

by Jack Kelly
January 4, 2013

The Jade Steps is by one of my favorite writers — Jack Wheeler.  It is a fictionalized account of a fascinating, and profoundly important historical event which has been grossly misrepresented: Cortez's liberation of Mexico.

I love good historical fiction, because it brings to life events which would seem dry and dusty in a history book.  The best historical fiction entertains as much as it informs.  It is faithful to history, both by reporting events as they actually happened, and by putting them in context.