An RSVP to Herná n Corté s is more than a historical novel-it's a journey into the past. The journey of Doñ a Luisa de Estrada, an aristocratic child from Spain, taken to the New World at the age of ten, provides a lens through which readers can experience the Aztec temples of Tenochtitlá n, human sacrifice, conquistadors, and the political intrigue of shifting governorships of New Spain.