The Poem of the Cid

by Simpson, Lesley Byrd
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ISBN: 9780520011762
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Overview

One of the greatest works of Spanish literature, this eight-hundred-year-old saga narrates the legendary exploits of the soldier-adventurer Ruy D az of Bivar, known as El Cid--"the Lord"--and his part in the long struggle between Christianity and Islam. The poem recounts the adventures of a broad cast of characters: the Cid; his peerless steed, Babieca, and his two famous swords, Colada and Tiz n; his wife, Do a Ximena, and his two daughters, Do a Elvira and Do a Sol, who found sanctuary with Abbot Don Sancho in the monastery of San Pedro de Carde a during the Cid's exile; and the black-hearted princes of Carri n, Diego and Fernando Gonz lez. This powerful epic sings of universal human values and failures, loyalty and betrayal.
  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Simpson, Lesley Byrd
  • ISBN: 9780520011762
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 7.20 x 0.46
  • Number Of Pages: 160
  • Publication Year: 1962

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