1990 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – History Winner
![The Quest For El Cid](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580968058-2665-image-3.jpg)
The Quest For El Cid
Richard Fletcher
Rodrigo Díaz, the legendary warrior-knight of eleventh-century Castile known as El Cid, is still honored in Spain as a national hero for liberating the fatherland from the occupying Moors. Yet, as this book reveals, there are many contradictions between el…
1990 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – History Shortlist
![A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580851172-59258-image-3.jpg)
A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East
David Fromkin
![Awash in a Sea of Faith: Christianizing the American People](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580873332-853-image-3.jpg)
Awash in a Sea of Faith: Christianizing the American People
Jon Butler
![Italy and its Monarchy](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1581049454-7647-image-3.jpg)
Italy and its Monarchy
Denis Mack Smith
![The Search for Modern China](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580962779-2230-image-3.jpg)