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The song of the Cid

AnonymousMenocal, Maria Rosa(Notes by)Menocal, Maria Rosa(Introduction by)Raffel, Burton(Translated by)
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One of the finest of epic poems, and the only one to have survived from medieval Spain, "The Song of the Cid" recounts the adventures of the warlord and nobleman Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar both - 'Mio Cid'.

A forceful combination of heroic fiction and historical fact, the tale seethes with the restless, adventurous spirit of Castile, telling of the Cid's unjust banishment from the court of King Alfonso, his victorious campaigns in Valencia and the crowning of his daughters as queens of Aragon and Navarre - the high point of his career as a warmonger.

An epic that sings of universal human values, this is one of the greatest of all works of Spanish literature.

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Product Details
Penguin Classics
0143105655 / 9780143105657
Paperback / softback
861.1
31/03/2009
United Kingdom
English
256 p.
20 cm