by Antonio Gala · Planeta DeAgostini · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788467406702
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«El manuscrito carmesí» is the historical novel by Antonio Gala, published by Planeta DeAgostini in paperback (655 pages, in Spanish).
Boabdil, the last Nasrid sultan of Granada, writes his memoirs on the crimson papers of the Alhambra Chancellery. The narrative covers his childhood, court intrigues, and the collapse of a kingdom doomed to defeat, with a reflection on power, ambition, love, and loss.
It won the Planeta Prize in 1990; the work was originally published that year and this edition is from 2004.
For readers of historical fiction, set in the Nasrid kingdom of Granada and the era of the Catholic Monarchs.
Antonio Gala Velasco was a Spanish poet, playwright, novelist, and writer.
