by Washington Irving · Ediciones Miguel Sánchez · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788471690722
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«Tales of the Alhambra» is Washington Irving's collection of stories, published by Ediciones Miguel Sánchez in paperback (312 pages, in English).
The work brings together the stories Washington Irving wrote from his stay at the Alhambra in Granada. Amid chronicles of the palace and its gardens, the author weaves legends of Hispano-Muslim heritage, popular tales and evocations of its Nasrid past, offering a romantic vision of the monument and the city that surrounds it.
The edition, catalogued as illustrated, was published on 5 September 2002 and is classified under Literature and Fiction.
For readers interested in the history of Granada and the popular legends set in 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.
