by Washington Irving · Editorial Everest · tapa dura · ISBN 9788424128043
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«Tales of the Alhambra» is the collection of stories and legends by Washington Irving, published by Editorial Everest in hardback (352 pages, in English).
Stories by Washington Irving set in the Alhambra of Granada. The tales traverse the palace's halls and gardens and draw on legends, traditions and curiosities of the monument, combining the traveller's gaze with the mystery and charm of a historic place.
It belongs to the Travels and costumbrismo collection from Editorial Everest; it is the eighteenth edition.
Recommended for English students and for readers interested in the legends, history and monumental heritage 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.
