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One of the most entertaining travelogues ever before written, Washington Irving's Tales of the Alhambra is a heady mix of fact, myth, and depictions of magic formula chambers, desperate battles, imprisoned princesses, palace ghosts, and fragrant landscapes, explained in a wistful and dreamlike eloquence. Irving, who also penned "Rip Vehicle Winkle" and "Sleepy Hollow," composed Tales of the Alhambra throughout a stay at the famous Alhambra in Granada, Spain. The Alhambra is a combo fort, palace, and landscapes seeing from the thirteenth century, filled up with fantastic Arabic architecture (ornate plasterwork, ceramic tiles, sculpted marble fountains, and archways) and plenty of room for imagining the times of its past greatness, which Irving brings to life most memorably. Despite the fact that Tales of the Alhambra is over 170 years of age, it seems as if it was written yesterday. There are tales of princes, genies, lost and found loves, enchanted treasures, battles, hellish headless horses, and commentary on the Spanish panorama and characteristics of the Spaniards that he lives with. Full of bewitching music, the smell of roses and exotic perfumes, fiery sunsets, and the ghosts of days gone by, Tales of the Alhambra is a sensory treat as well.
