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Song of the Cid

AnonymousMenocal, Maria Rosa(Notes by)Menocal, Maria Rosa(Introduction by)Raffel, Burton(Translated by)
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From a legendary translator: a magnificent new rendering of Spain's national epicVenture into the heart of Islamic Spain in this vibrant, rollicking new translation of The Song of the Cid, the only surviving epic from medieval Spain.

Banished from the court of King Alfonso, the noble warrior Rodrigo Diaz, know as the Cid, sets out from Castile to restore his name.

In a series of battles, he earns wealth and honor for his men and his king, as well as fame and admiration for himself.

But it is in rescuing his daughters from their ill-suited marriages that the Cid faces the ultimate challenge to the medieval heroic ideal.

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Penguin Publishing Group
1101029145 / 9781101029145
eBook (EPUB)
861.1
31/03/2009
English
288 pages
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