by Washington Irving · Ediciones Miguel Sánchez · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788471691064
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«Contes de l'Alhambra» is the story collection by Washington Irving, published by Ediciones Miguel Sánchez in paperback (328 pages, in French).
This volume brings together stories and legends of the Alhambra in Granada. Washington Irving turns the monument into the setting for a narrative journey in which historical fiction, travel literature and the folk tale intersect.
First edition. Includes 32 illustrations with 19th-century engravings. The work was originally published as «Tales of the Alhambra» in 1832.
A work for readers of classic and travel literature, interested in the Alhambra and its narrative tradition.
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.
