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Historical person
1048–1099
Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar was the Castilian warrior known as El Cid. He served and fought against several Christian and Muslim rulers, campaigned across eleventh-century Iberia and established control over Valencia.
In Griff Hosker’s El Campeador, All seems well and the star that is Rodrigo de Vivar continues to rise. In Griff Hosker’s The Lord of Valencia, sent into exile once more Don Rodrigo de Vivar has just Will Redbeard and two warriors for companions. Other novels featuring Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar include Griff Hosker’s Castilian Knight.
Series
Reconquista Chronicles follows Castilian warfare in eleventh-century Spain, centred on the world of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, El Cid. The books use Christian and Muslim frontier politics, service to rival rulers and the struggle for Valencia to show the Reconquista as a world of shifting allegiance rather than…
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