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Title: El Cid by Geraldine McCaughrean, Victor G. Ambrus ISBN: 0-19-274169-1 Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 October, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A noble and riveting character
Comment: El Cid begins his life's journey as the nouveau riche aristocrat, Don Rodrigo de Vivar. He is constantly snubbed by the other aristocratic families, despite being the King's greatest knight, for you see, his family was only knighted a generation before! Finally after enduring floods of insults, Don Rodrigo reaches the limits of his patience and tugs upon a rival's beard. This unseemly behavior, so tame by today's standards, dooms the Don to exile in the land of the Godless Moors. There, the epic takes off as the Don becomes known as El Cid (the Lord) after conquering the Moorish regions for the King of Castile (his approach to trying to escape his sentence of exile). A must read! (Search carefully for this book as it is out of print and is often costly, tho it need not be so.)
Rating: 5
Summary: A riveting and noble character
Comment: The book is a gem! El Cid begins his life's journey as the nouveau riche aristocrat -- Don Rodrigo de Vivar. At first, he is constantly snubbed by the older aristocratic families of Castile, despite being the King's best knight, for you see, his family was only knighted a generation before.
Finally in a fit of controlled rage, he responds to the numerous insults of a rival by tugging upon the rival's beard. This unseemly behavior, so understated by today's standards, gets him banished to the land of the Godless Moors. There the epic takes off as he conquers the Moorish regions of Spain in order to regain his standing with the King. A must read!!(But look for it on other websites - it's cheaper!)
Rating: 5
Summary: The BEST book!
Comment: This is the tale of an epic quest of El Cid, the Spanish war hero!
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Title: The Canterbury Tales (Bantam Classics) by Geoffrey Chaucer ISBN: 0553210823 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 March, 1982 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Duke and the Peasant: Life in the Middle Ages (Adventures in Art Series) by Sister Wendy Beckett, Jean De France Berry ISBN: 3791318136 Publisher: Prestel Pub. Date: 01 April, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Saladin: Noble Prince of Islam by Diane Stanley ISBN: 0688171362 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Pub. Date: 01 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.89 |
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Title: Marco Polo for Kids by Janis Herbert ISBN: 1556523777 Publisher: Chicago Review Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Joan of Arc by Diane Stanley ISBN: 0064437485 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 01 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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