For the first time in Russian - the latest novel by the famous Arturo Pérez-Reverte , author of such international bestsellers, as "The Flemish Board" , "The Dumas Club" (the literary basis of Roman Polanski's "The Ninth Gate" with Johnny Depp) , Captain Alatriste's seven-volume adventures (screenplay with Vigo Mortensen) and t. d. “Reverte invented a new genre again, this time a medieval Western,” wrote the newspaper El Mundo, and ABC Cultural expressed even more categorically: “From the history of El Cid Reverte made a masterpiece.” Yes, the main character of this book is the Castilian nobleman Rodrigo Daz de Vivar, better known as El Sid Campeador (“The Winner”), the hero of the medieval “Song of My Side” and the tragedy “Sid” of the great French playwright Pierre Corneille, as well as numerous folk legends and romances. With a handful of faithful people expelled from their native Castile, Former commander-in-chief enlists in the service of the Emir of Zaragoza, Warring with Ramon the Brother-Killer , Count of Barcelona , and repels the invasion of violent almoravids, invariably sending to the Castilian king Alfonso the vassalage of war booty and longing for Dona Jimene's wife left in Castile . During his lifetime, Sid (from the Arabic "sidi" - "master") acquired legendary features and was considered the standard of a brave knight who fought with both Christian tyrants and Moorish … “El Cid is not just an exemplary historical novel, but a great book in general, without any genre restrictions. Get ready to get lost in it" (ABC) .