by Washington Irving · Escudo De Oro · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788437807850
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«Contes de l'Alhambra» is the collection of stories by Washington Irving, published by Escudo De Oro in paperback (317 pages, in French).
The book brings together stories, sketches and legends inspired by Washington Irving's stay in Granada. The author describes the Alhambra palace, its corners and the oral tradition associated with the monument, blending history, landscape and fiction in a literary portrait of 19th-century Granada.
The original title is «Tales of the Alhambra», a work first published in 1832.
For readers interested in travel literature, the history of Granada and the legends of 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.
