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“antonio de trueba”

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  • The Cid Campeador A Historical Romance

    by Antonio de Trueba ...
    El Cid, known as Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, is a celebrated hero in Spanish history and literature, renowned for his military prowess, loyalty, and chivalry. Trueba's novel likely portrays El Cid's life and exploits in a romanticized manner, weaving together historical events and fictional elements to create a compelling narrative.In "The Cid Campeador," readers can expect a portrayal of El Cid's ... Read more

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  • The Cid Campeador: A Historical Romance

    by António de Trueba ...
    The "Cid Campeador" has been for centuries the great popular hero of Spain. He takes the same place in that country as King Arthur does in England, Roland, or Rolando, in France, and William Tell in Switzerland; and, like them, his life and exploits are, to a great extent, founded on popular traditions. In English-speaking countries there is very little known respecting him, and the translator ... Read more

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  • The Cid Campeador

    Enriched edition. A Historical Romance

    by Antonio de Trueba, Tara Reid ...
    Translated by Henry Joseph Gill ...
    In "The Cid Campeador," Antonio de Trueba intricately weaves a narrative that breathes life into the legendary figure of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, known as El Cid. Trueba's prose, rich with Romantic fervor, captures the chivalric ethos of the Spanish Golden Age while employing historical realism and vibrant characterizations. This retelling presents the epic's themes of honor, loyalty, and sacrifice ... Read more

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    by Bernal Diaz Del Castillo ...
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    Bernal Diaz was an eyewitness to one of history's most remarkable events - the conquest of the Empire of the Aztecs, and the defeat of their Emperor Montezuma.The indomitable Diaz delivers his chronicle first-hand, vividly describing the ruthless battles, the brilliant Machiavellian strategies of Cortes, and the superstitions vacillations of Montezuma that lead to the momentous overthrow of the ... Read more

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  • The Alhambra

    by Washington Irving ...
    A collection of short works by Washington Irving, which includes the following: The Journey, Palace of the Alhambra, Note on Morisco Architecture, Important Negotiations. The Author Succeeds to the Throne of Boabdil, Inhabitants of the Alhambra, The Hall of Ambassadors, The Jesuits' Library, Alhamar, The Founder of the Alhambra, Yusef Abul Hagig, The Finisher of the Alhambra, The Mysterious ... Read more

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  • The Alhambra

    by Washington Irving ...
    ROUGH draughts of some of the following tales and essays were actually written during a residence in the Alhambra; others were subsequently added, founded on notes and observations made there. Care was taken to maintain local coloring and verisimilitude; so that the whole might present a faithful and living picture of that microcosm, that singular little world into which I had been fortuitously ... Read more

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  • The Conquest of New Spain

    by Bernaz Diaz del Castillo ...
    The Conquest of New Spain is the first-person narrative of Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492–1581), the 16th-century military adventurer, conquistador, and colonist settler, who served in three Mexican expeditions -- those of Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (1517) to the Yucatán peninsula; the expedition of Juan de Grijalva (1518), and the expedition of Hernán Cortés (1517) in the Valley of Mexico. ... Read more

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  • The Spanish Conquest of the Americas

    by Irving Richman ...
    The Spaniard of the fifteenth century is recognizable by well-defined traits: he was primitive, he was proud, he was devout, and he was romantic. His primitiveness we detect in his relish for blood and suffering; his pride in his austerity and exclusiveness; his devoutness in his mystical exaltation of the Church; and his romanticism in his passion for adventure.After printing had spread in Spain, ... Read more

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  • The Alhambra

    by Washington Irving ...
    It is not possible to forget Washington Irving in the Alhambra. With a single volume, the simple, gentle, kindly American man of letters became no less a figure in the Moor's Red Palace than Boabdil and Lindaraxa of whom he wrote. And yet, never perhaps did a book make so unconscious a bid for popularity. Irving visited Granada in 1828. He returned the following year, when the Governor's ... Read more

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  • El Cid - The Greatest Epic of Spanish Literature

    by Anon ...
    The legend of Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar also known as El Cid is a huge part of the Spanish psyche and the epic tale of his victories against the moors is the subject of the oldest extant Spanish epic poem. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high ... Read more

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  • Ponce de Leon

    by Frederic Ober ...
    That great deeds and a broad field of action are not always commensurate is exemplified in the lives of the Ponces de Leon, Juan and Rodrigo, noteworthy names of a family famed in the annals of America and Spain. Of the two, doubtless the latter was the more distinguished in the land of his birth for bravery and military skill; but the former achieved a still wider celebrity by linking his name ... Read more

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  • Romance of History, Mexico(1909)

    (Colour Illustrations)

    by Margaret Duncan Coxhead ...
    Series series Unsecretbooks publication
    Romance of History, Mexico(1909) is the timeless historical story written by Margaret Duncan Coxhead and illustrated in colour by J. H. Robinson, published by New York Frederick A. Stokes Company Publishers ( 1909 ).…..All ages have their pervading spirit. In the fifteenth century it was, in Western Europe, a spirit of unrest, of curiosity, of adventure. Twice before in the history of the world ... Read more

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