by Washington Irving · Editorial Everest · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788424105037
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«Cuentos de la Alhambra» is the book of tales and legends by Washington Irving, published by Editorial Everest in paperback (320 pages, in Spanish).
The work collects the popular legends and traditions that Washington Irving gathered during his trip to Spain in 1829, set in the Alhambra. The tales mix love, adventures, Moorish characters, and descriptions of the palace and its surroundings.
Second edition published in 2005 within the collection Viajes y costumbrismo, with 32 pages of full-color plates of the Alhambra and engravings from the period.
For readers of classic literature and travel interested in the legends and history of the Alhambra and 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.
