The Poem of the Cid

About this book

Students of Spanish literature have long been familiar with this eight-hundred-year-old epic detailing the legendary exploits of the soldier-adventurer Ruy Daz of Bivar El Cid and of his part in the long struggle between Christianity and Islam. The epic poem recounts the adventures of the Cid; of his peerless steed Babieca and of his two famous swords Colada and Tizn; of his wife Doa Ximena and his two daughters Doa Elvira and Doa Sol who found sanctuary with Abbot Don Sancho in the monastery of San Pedro de Cardea during the Cids exile; and of the despicable and black-hearted princes of Carrin Diego and Fernando Gonzlez.