by Washington Irving · Editorial Everest · tapa dura · ISBN 9788424128036
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«Cuentos de la Alhambra» is the collection of travel tales and legends by Washington Irving, published by Editorial Everest in hardback (320 pages, in Spanish).
The work brings together a series of tales set in or related to the Alhambra of Granada, through which the reader discovers curiosities and legends of the monument while being entertained by episodes such as those of King Aben Habuz, the astrologer and the princess. It is a classic of nineteenth-century travel literature and costumbrismo.
It is part of the «Viajes y costumbrismo» series from Editorial Everest, in its 17th edition. The original work was published in 1832 as «Tales of the Alhambra».
Recommended for readers interested in the history and legends of Granada, as well as for those seeking a literary approach to the Alhambra.
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.
