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The King and the Whore: King Roderick and La Cava (The New Middle Ages)
Elizabeth Drayson
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Description for The King and the Whore: King Roderick and La Cava (The New Middle Ages)
Hardcover. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
This study explores the extraordinary afterlife of the Spanish legend of King Roderick and La Cava in plays, poems, novels and operas from the Eighth century to the present day.
This study explores the extraordinary afterlife of the Spanish legend of King Roderick and La Cava in plays, poems, novels and operas from the Eighth century to the present day.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
Series
New Middle Ages
Number of Pages
263
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403974365
SKU
V9781403974365
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Ref
99-15
About Elizabeth Drayson
ELIZABETH ANNE DRAYSON is a member of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and lecturer in Spanish at New Hall and Peterhouse, University of Cambridge, UK.
Reviews for The King and the Whore: King Roderick and La Cava (The New Middle Ages)
"Drayson's study contributes fresh insights into the existing scholarship on the subject. The first three chapters of her study, in particular, provide an invaluable resource on the background of the 'King Roderick and La Cava' legend, as Drayson painstakingly and comprehensively differentiated between history and legend, and with great clarity documents the differernt directions the legent takes early in its ... Read more