Nora Berend

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Nora Berend is a professor of European history at the University of Cambridge. She has published extensively on medieval history and has written for History Today among other journals. El Cid will be her first full-length narrative book for the trade. She lives in Cambridge, England.

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Books by Nora Berend

El Cid

The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval Mercenary

By Nora Berend

Exploring the creation of the El Cid legend over the centuries, this masterful and evocative biography peels away the layers of myth to reveal the real-life historical figure.

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