by Washington Irving · Ediciones Miguel Sánchez · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788471691040
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«Cuentos de la Alhambra» is the book of tales and legends by Washington Irving, published by Ediciones Miguel Sánchez (paperback, 352 pages, in Spanish).
Washington Irving wrote these legends after living in the Alhambra, gathering oral traditions from Granada and blending Nasrid history, fantasy and customs of the time. The stories traverse the palace and its surroundings with tales of love, war and magic, turning the monument into a literary character.
Commemorative edition for the 175th anniversary of the original 1832 publication, with translation by Ricardo Villa-Real, introduction by Andrés Soria and 32 nineteenth-century engravings.
For readers of classic fiction, interested in Andalusian legends and the history and landscape of Granada.
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.
