El Cid, or the Knight without a King.
14.99 €
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El Cid, or the Knight without a King.
14.99 €
For the first time in Russian - the latest novel by the renowned Arturo Perez-Reverte, author of such international bestsellers as "The Flemish Board", "The Dumas Club" (the literary basis for "The Ninth Gate" by Roman Polanski with Johnny Depp), the seven-volume adventures of Captain Alatriste (screen adaptation with Vigo Mortensen) etc. "Reverte again invented a new genre, this time - a medieval western", wrote the newspaper El Mundo, and in ABC Culture expressed even more categorically: "From the story of El Cid Reverte has made a masterpiece". Yes, the main character of this book is the Castilian nobleman Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, better known as El Cid Campeador ("The Victor"), the hero of the medieval "Song of My Cid" and the tragedy "Cid" by the great French playwright Pierre Corneille, as well as numerous folk tales and romances. With a handful of loyal people exiled from his native Castile, the former commander-in-chief enters the service of the Emir of Saragossa, fights with Ramon the Brother Killer, Count of Barcelona, and reflects the invasion of the brutal Almoravidov, always sending the Castilian King Alfonso vassal duty due share of military booty and pining for his wife Dona Jimena left in Castile. Even in his lifetime, Cid (from the Arabic "Sidi" - "lord") acquired legendary features and was considered the standard of a brave knight who fought with both Christian tyrants and Moorish ... "El Cid" - not just an exemplary historical novel, but a great book in general, without any genre restrictions. Prepare to get lost in it" (ABC).
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series The Big Novel