by Washington Irving · Miguel Sanchez · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788471690258
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«Cuentos de la Alhambra» is a collection of stories by writer Washington Irving, published by Miguel Sánchez in paperback (351 pages, in Spanish).
A collection of stories inspired by the Alhambra in Granada, written during Washington Irving's stay in Spain, where he served as a diplomat. Irving recreates Spanish legends, stories and traditions linked to the monument, combining observation of the present with evocation of the past and a narrative of a markedly imaginative tone.
The Granada edition, published in 1990, includes 32 color photographs of the Alhambra and the Generalife. The book originally appeared in 1832 under the title Tales of the Alhambra.
For readers of 19th-century classics and travel literature about Spain.
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.
