Tales of the Alhambra by Washington Irving

If you go into the souvenir shops and bookshops in Granada you will often see a large amount of copies of Cuentos de ls Alhambra (Spanish),  CONTES DE L'ALHAMBRA (French) , ERZÄHLUNGEN AUS DER ALHAMBRA (German) Tales of the Alhambra (English) 

It is a very famous book written about the Alhambra. Tales of the Alhambra (1832) is a collection of essays, verbal sketches and stories by American author Washington Irving (1783–1859) inspired by, and partly written during, his 1828 visit to the palace/fortress complex known as the Alhambra in Granada, Andalusia, Spain.

The book combines description, myth and narrations of real historical events.  Washington Irving describes Granada as "a most picturesque and beautiful city, situated in one of the loveliest landscapes that I have ever seen."

You can buy the book in the Tienda librería de la Alhambra (Alhambra bookshop) If you prefer you can read it for free on your smartphone here. Click here to read tales of the Alhambra.

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