The Quest for El Cid by Richard Fletcher ISBN 13: 9780394574479

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Knopf Publishing Group, 1990. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Knopf. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Knopf, 1990-04-07. Hardcover. Good. 8x5x0. some wear to DJ minimal wear on edges of cover sun damage some stains on edges of pages and DJ

Knopf, 1990-04-07. Hardcover. Very Good. hardcover with dust jacket, BOMC, tight, pages clear and bright, shelf and edge wear, corners bumped, packaged in cardboard box for shipment, tracking on U.S. orders

Knopf, April 1990. Hardcover. Good.

New York. 1990. Knopf. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0394574478. 217 pages. hardcover. Front-of-jacket photograph by Dan Lloyd Taylor. keywords: History Spain Literature. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Rodrigo Diaz, the legendary warrior-knight of eleventh-century Castile known as El Cid, is remembered today as the Christian hero of the Spanish crusade who waged wars of re-conquest for the triumph of the Cross over the Crescent. He is still honored in Spain as a national hero for liberating the fatherland from the occupying Moors. Yet, as Richard Fletcher shows in this award-winning book, there are many contradictions between eleventh-century reality and the mythology that developed with the passing years. By placing El Cid in a fresh, historical context, Fletcher shows us an adventurous soldier of fortune who was of a type, one of a number of 'cids,' or 'bosses,' who flourished in eleventh-century Spain. But the El Cid of legend - the national hero - was unique in stature even… Read More

Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1990. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 0394574478 . Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 217 pages .

New York: Knopf, 1990. Book Club? . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 27762 shelf. Tobacco odor. Gold-stamped black cloth spine w/ black bds. No names, clean text. Unblemished dust jacket without printed price. B/w photos, repros, maps. Index

Alfred a Knopf, 1990. First American Edition. Hardback, Dustjacket. Very good, small amount of fading along front outs.

Knopf, 1990-04-07. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. 9x6x1. Black paper covered boards with black cloth spine and copper spine titles; jacket has light shelf wear; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; interior clean and unmarked; 217 pages.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Large Octavo.

Knopf, 1990-04-06. First Edition, First American ed. hardcover. near fine /fine. 6x1x9. NOT an ex library book. 218 pages including the index. Dust jacket has no chips or tears, price is not clipped.

New York: Alfred A Knopf. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 218pp. FINE/HC/DJ. B/W illus. . Fine. Hardcover. 1990.

Knopf, 1990 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. book is tight with no markings, great copy.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. 1990, 218pp, illus., maps, light shelfwear to cover, bookplate to front free ep, slight rubbing to dj, contents clean & unmarked.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in dust jacket. Some edgewear. Otherwise clean, tight, and unmarked. Very neat..

Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Hardcover. As New/As New. (Book Club--unstated) Large, heavy book, black cloth spine, black boards, gilt initials and design at top front, bright gilt lettering on spine, 218 pages. DJ glossy and colorfully designed with gold illustration of chain mail and cross on front, red borders front and back, praise on white back from Rayond Carr in Sunday Telegraph, John Keates in The Observer and others. DJ and book, both As New.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. VG/VG Pages: 218.. 1990. Book Club. Hardcover..