Cid's

When the economy began to sputter, the swap meet lost customers—and Mr. Cid's establishments began to lose money.

Restaurant Gives Way to Food Truck Miriam Jordan 2011

Judith Tarr's Hound and Falcon trilogy - and its two follow-ups, Alamut and The Dagger and the Cross - were a revelation to me; Kay's recreations of an alternate Provence (Song for Arbonne) or medieval Spain in El Cid's time (The Lions of Al-Rassan) made me into a die-hard fan, and his Tigana is one of the best books I've ever read, EVER, bar none.

MIND MELD: What Book Introduced You to Fantasy? 2009

In contrast to the poem's blood and guts, the movie focuses on El Cid's more humanitarian impulses.

David Shasha: Charlton Heston's 'El Cid': A Hero for Our Time 2010

In contrast to the poem's blood and guts, the movie focuses on El Cid's more humanitarian impulses.

David Shasha: Charlton Heston's 'El Cid': A Hero for Our Time 2010

They are contemptuous of the Cid's modest origins and embarrassed by their own cowardice in battle.

A Spanish Epic Retold Paul Freedman 2009

At one point, a pet lion escapes in the Cid's palace and the princes hide themselves in fear, one behind a wine press and the other under the couch on which the Cid is sleeping.

A Spanish Epic Retold Paul Freedman 2009

According to one review: "El Cid's" medieval tale of chivalry and passion is one of the rare films of its kind that actually feels passionate.

Archive 2009-06-01 elena maria vidal 2009

They strip, beat and flog the Cid's daughters, leaving them for dead in a forest.

A Spanish Epic Retold Paul Freedman 2009

According to one review: "El Cid's" medieval tale of chivalry and passion is one of the rare films of its kind that actually feels passionate.

El Cid (1961) elena maria vidal 2009

True, many of the soldiers in the Cid's military campaigns are described in the poem as being explicitly eager to kill Moors, but the atmosphere of the epic is more entrepreneurial and swashbuckling than doctrinal.

A Spanish Epic Retold Paul Freedman 2009