Poem of the Cid

Students of Spanish literature have long been familiar with this eight-hundred-year-old epic which details the legendary exploits of the soldier-adventurer Ruy DÝaz of Bivar, the Cid, "he who in happy hour was born." They have known of the Cid's part in the long contest between Christian and Moslem; of his peerless steed Babieca and of his two famous swords, Colada "the precious" and TizÓn; of his wife DoÑa Elvira and DoÑa Sol, "white as the sun," who found santuary with Abbot Don Sancho in the monastery of San Pedro de CardeÑa during the Cid's exi≤ and of the despicable Princes of CarriÓn, Diego and Fernando GonzÝlez, whose hearts were black with evil. Lesley Byrd Simpson here makes this masterpiece of Spanish literature accessible to English readers in a translation that preserves the verve, realism, and humor of the original. Mr. Simpson is the translator ofTwo Novels of Mexicoby Mariano Azuela, Cortes:The Life of the Conquerorby Francisco LÓpez de GÓmara, andThe Celestina;he is the author ofMany MexicosandThe Encomienda in New Spain.Simpson, Lesley B. is the author of 'Poem of the Cid', published 1962 under ISBN 9780520011762 and ISBN 0520011767.