by Washington Irving · Ediciones Miguel Sánchez · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788471690180
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«Contes de l'Alhambra» is a collection of stories by Washington Irving in French, in paperback (302 pages), published by Ediciones Miguel Sánchez.
Collection of tales and legends set in the Alhambra of Granada. The work combines travel chronicle with fiction, evokes courtyards, halls and gardens of the palace, and reflects the author's romantic interest in the history and traditions of the place.
French edition published in 1991, with translation from English and introduction by André Belamich. Includes color plates. The work originally appeared as «Tales of the Alhambra» in 1832.
For readers with command of French and for those seeking a literary approach to the Alhambra and to nineteenth-century travel literature.
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.
