by Washington Irving · EDITORIAL ESCUDO DE ORO · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788437807867
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«Tales of the Alhambra» is the story collection by Washington Irving published by Editorial Escudo de Oro in paperback (288 pages, in English).
Written after Irving's visit to Granada in 1828, the volume brings together chronicles, sketches and tales inspired by the Alhambra. It describes its architecture and landscape and gathers legends from the Muslim era, along with anecdotes of characters who inhabited the palace, blending travel writing with oral tradition.
The cover indicates the first edition, March 1981, and the title «The Alhambra: Tales by Washington Irving»; the ISBN-10 of this English version is 84-378-0786-7.
For those who enjoy the history of Granada, nineteenth-century travel literature and legends linked to the Andalusian world.
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.
