The Spanish Account: Tales of the Alhambra & Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada (Unabridged)
Sketches of Andalusia, the Alhambra, and Moorish SpainBy Washington Irving
Length30h 34m
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This carefully crafted ebook: "The Spanish Account: Tales of the Alhambra & Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Tales of the Alhambra is a collection of essays, verbal sketches and stories about the Moors and Spaniards. Through these stories, sketches and essays it is described the author's journey through Spain in Andalusia, where he gives a general description of the country and people. The collection consists of around 30 Tales about the Alhambra, the city castle of the last Moorish rulers in Al-Andalus. The stories are dealing, for the most part, with after-Moorish period in which the Alhambra has been managed as a possession of the Spanish kings and was left to decay. "Tales of the Alhambra" is translated into many languages and is considered one of the most important works of the author. During Irving's stay in Spain, after the success of his previous books, he was invited to stay at the palace of the Duke of Gor, who gave him unfettered access to his library containing many medieval manuscripts. It took him just a year to complete The Chronicles of the Conquest of Granada. The book is covering the long process of banishing the Moors from Spain and Portugal. Washington Irving (1783-1859) was an American author, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He is best known for his short stories "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" both of which appear in his book The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. His historical works include biographies of George Washington and Oliver Goldsmith, and several histories of 15th-century Spain, dealing with subjects such as the Moors and the Alhambra. Irving served as the U.S. ambassador to Spain from 1842 to 1846.
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Table of contents
1The Spanish Account: Tales of the Alhambra & Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada (Unabridged)
2PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION
3THE JOURNEY
4PALACE OF THE ALHAMBRA
5NOTE ON MORISCO ARCHITECTURE
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6IMPORTANT NEGOTIATIONS. THE AUTHOR SUCCEEDS TO THE THRONE OF BOABDIL
7INHABITANTS OF THE ALHAMBRA
8THE HALL OF AMBASSADORS
9THE JESUITS’ LIBRARY
10ALHAMAR. THE FOUNDER OF THE ALHAMBRA
11YUSEF ABUL HAGIG. THE FINISHER OF THE ALHAMBRA
12THE MYSTERIOUS CHAMBERS
13PANORAMA FROM THE TOWER OF COMARES
14THE TRUANT
15THE BALCONY
16LEGEND OF THE ARABIAN ASTROLOGER
17NOTE TO “THE ARABIAN ASTROLOGER”
18THE COURT OF LIONS
19THE ABENCERRAGES
20MEMENTOS OF BOABDIL
21PUBLIC FETES OF GRANADA
22LOCAL TRADITIONS
23THE HOUSE OF THE WEATHERCOCK
24VISITORS TO THE ALHAMBRA
25RELICS AND GENEALOGIES
26THE GENERALIFE
27LEGEND OF PRINCE AHMED AL KAMEL, OR, THE PILGRIM OF LOVE
28A RAMBLE AMONG THE HILLS
29LEGEND OF THE MOOR’S LEGACY
30THE TOWER OF LAS INFANTAS
31LEGEND OF THE THREE BEAUTIFUL PRINCESSES
32LEGEND OF THE ROSE OF THE ALHAMBRA
33THE VETERAN
34THE GOVERNOR AND THE NOTARY
35GOVERNOR MANCO AND THE SOLDIER
36A FETE IN THE ALHAMBRA
37LEGEND OF THE TWO DISCREET STATUES
38THE CRUSADE OF THE GRAND MASTER OF ALCANTARA
39SPANISH ROMANCE
40LEGEND OF DON MUNIO SANCHO DE HINOJOSA
41POETS AND POETRY OF MOSLEM ANDALUS
42AN EXPEDITION IN QUEST OF A DIPLOMA
43THE LEGEND OF THE ENCHANTED SOLDIER
44NOTES TO “THE ENCHANTED SOLDIER”
45THE AUTHOR’S FAREWELL TO GRANADA
46INTRODUCTION
47NOTE TO THE REVISED EDITION
48CHAPTER I
49CHAPTER II
50CHAPTER III
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