Tales of the Alhambra

Washington Irving, Washington Irving

• Publisher: Start Classics
• Year: 2015
• Topic: Literature
• eBook ISBN:
  9781633554795
• Subtopic: Literature General
• Index: Literature

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.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface to the Revised Edition
• The Journey
• Palace of the Alhambra
• Note on Morisco Architecture
• Important Negotiations. The Author Succeeds to the Throne of Boabdil
• Inhabitants of the Alhambra
• The Hall of Ambassadors
• The Jesuits' Library
• Alhamar. The Founder of the Alhambra
• Yusef Abul Hagig. The Finisher of the Alhambra
• The Mysterious Chambers
• Panorama from the Tower of Comares
• The Truant
• The Balcony
• The Adventure of the Mason
• The Court of Lions
• The Abencerrages
• Mementos of Boabdil
• Public Fetes of Granada
• Local Traditions
• The House of the Weathercock
• Legend of the Arabian Astrologer
• Note to "The Arabian Astrologer"
• Visitors to the Alhambra
• Relics and Genealogies
• The Generalife
• Legend of Prince Ahmed al Kamel, or, The Pilgrim of Love
• A Ramble Among the Hills
• Legend of the Moor's Legacy
• The Tower of Las Infantas
• Legend of the Three Beautiful Princesses
• Legend of the Rose of the Alhambra
• The Veteran
• The Governor and the Notary
• Governor Manco and the Soldier
• A Fete in the Alhambra
• Legend of the Two Discreet Statues
• The Crusade of the Grand Master of Alcantara
• Spanish Romance
• Legend of Don Munio Sancho de Hinojosa
• Poets and Poetry of Moslem Andalus
• An Expedition in Quest of a Diploma
• The Legend of the Enchanted Soldier
• Notes to "The Enchanted Soldier"
• The Author's Farewell to Granada