by Antonio Gala · Editorial Planeta, S.A. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788408013037
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«El manuscrito carmesí» is the historical novel by Antonio Gala, published by Editorial Planeta in hardcover (576 pages, in Spanish).
Boabdil, last king of Granada, writes his memoirs on the crimson papers of the Alhambra chancellery. Through them, his luminous childhood, his loves, and the weight of a kingdom on the brink of collapse pass by. The novel portrays the fall of Nasrid Granada from the intimate perspective of its protagonist.
The novel won the Premio Planeta in 1990. Its pages feature historical figures such as the Catholic Monarchs, El Zagal, and Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba.
It is suitable reading for those interested in historical fiction, the end of Al-Andalus, and the figure of Boabdil.
Antonio Gala Velasco was a Spanish poet, playwright, novelist, and writer.
