The Alhambra: Tales of the Alhambra (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781721872770)

The Alhambra: Tales of the Alhambra is a collection of essays, verbal sketches, and stories by Washington Irving. The Alhambra is a palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Andalusia, Spain. ROUGH draughts of some of the following tales and essays were actually written during a residence in the Alhambra; others were subsequently added, founded on notes and observations made there. Care was taken to maintain local coloring and verisimilitude; so that the whole might present a faithful and living picture of that microcosm, that singular little world into which I had been fortuitously thrown; and about which the external world had a very imperfect idea. It was my endeavor scrupulously to depict its half Spanish, half Oriental character; its mixture of the heroic, the poetic, and the grotesque; to revive the traces of grace and beauty fast fading from its walls; to record the regal and chivalrous traditions concerning those who once trod its courts; and the whimsical and superstitious legends of the motley race now burrowing among its ruins.

Author: Washington Irving
ISBN-10: 1721872779
ISBN-13: 9781721872770
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 06/25/2018
Pages: 184
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.39d