El Cid, or the Knight without a King

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El Cid, or the Knight without a King

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For the first time in Russian - the latest novel by the famous Arturo Perez-Reverte, the author of such international bestsellers as The Flemish Board, The Dumas Club (the literary basis of Roman Polanski's The Ninth Gate with Johnny Depp), the seven-volume adventures of Captain Alatriste (screen adaptation with Vigo Mortensen ), etc. “Reverte has once again invented a new genre, this time the medieval western,” wrote the newspaper El Mundo, and ABC Cultural put it even more categorically: “Reverte has made a masterpiece out of the story of El Cid.” Yes, the main character of this book is the Castilian nobleman Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, better known as El Cid Campeador (“The Conqueror”), the hero of the medieval “Song of my Cid” and the tragedy “The Cid” by the great French playwright Pierre Corneille, as well as numerous folk legends and romances. With a handful of loyal people, expelled from his native Castile, the former commander-in-chief enters the service of the Emir of Zaragoza, fights Ramon the Fratricide, Count of Barcelona, ​​and repels the invasion of the cruel Almoravids, invariably sending the King of Castile Alfonso the share of war booty laid by vassal debt and yearning for his wife left in Castile Dona Jimena. Even during his lifetime, Sid (from the Arabic "sit" - "master") acquired legendary features and was considered the standard of a brave knight who fought both Christian and Mauritanian tyrants ... "El Cid" is not just an exemplary historical novel, but a magnificent book generally speaking, without any genre restrictions. Get ready to get lost in it” (ABC).

Barcode: 9785389180727 SKU: 70139892 Category:
Publication language: Russian

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