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The Poem of the Cid (Paperback, Dual Language) Loot Price: R309
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The Poem of the Cid (Paperback, Dual Language): Ian Michael

The Poem of the Cid (Paperback, Dual Language)

Ian Michael; Translated by Janet Perry, Rita Hamilton

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This is one of the finest of epic poems and the only one to have survived from medieval Spain.

The hero, El Cid, is a warlord of Herculean stature: superior to his fellow men in action, of outstanding generalship and courtesy, he is at the same time a good husband and a devoted family man. Blending fiction with historical fact in a manner unique in the heroic epic, the plot seethes with the restless, adventurous spirit of Castille, telling of the Cid’s cruel banishment, 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.

Of august majesty as well as down-to-earth humanity, this exhilarating work sings of human qualities that are today as universally admired as they were in thirteenth-century Spain.

General

Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: September 1984
First published: 1985
Introduction by: Ian Michael
Translators: Janet Perry • Rita Hamilton
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - B-format
Pages: 256
Edition: Dual Language
ISBN-13: 978-0-14-044446-9
Languages: English
Subtitles: Spanish
Categories: Books
LSN: 0-14-044446-7
Barcode: 9780140444469

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