by Washington Irving, Luis Lamarca · Independently Published · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781077729568
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«Cuentos de la Alhambra» is the collection of stories by Washington Irving published by Independently Published in paperback (47 pages, in Spanish).
These stories, set in the Alhambra in Granada, combine the romantic traveller's gaze with oral tradition and history. Between legends and historical passages, Washington Irving builds a literary portrait of the monument and of 19th-century Spain.
Translation by Luis Lamarca and Spanish-language edition of 2019; the original, 'Tales of the Alhambra', dates from 1832.
Readers of travel stories, Romanticism, and historical legends about Granada and Andalusian heritage.
Washington Irving was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He wrote the short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820), both of which appear in his collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. His historical works include biographies of Oliver Goldsmith, Muhammad, and George Washington, as well as several histories of 15th-century Spain that deal with subjects such as the Alhambra, Christopher Columbus, and the Moors. Irving served as the American ambassador to Spain in the 1840s.
