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(James Munson, 12/25/04, British Heritage) Washington Irving's English Christmas: An American essayist penned one of the best descriptions of the 19th-century British Christmas traditions, and in so doing helped restore many of these then-dying customs on both sides of the Atlantic. Meyer, Washington Independent Review of Books) REVIEW: of Rip Van Winkle’s Republic: Washington Irving in History and MemoryĮdited by Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg (Eugene L. Fantasy, history and folklore come together in this beautiful collection Special Edition This special edition of Tales of the Alhambra comes with a concise guidebook to Granada and the Al Hambra Palace.See also: Washington Irving ( 2 books reviewed) The folk tales, told in Irving's inimitable, witty style, usually deal with romantic elopements, or buried treasure, or both. Irving lived in thel old Moorish palace at a time when it was a neglected ruin, and his wonderful descriptions, interspersed with the folk-tales that he collected from the people of Granada, helped to spark interest in repairing and restoring the monument. Irving is best remembered in this country for his collections of American folklore, like the stories of Rip Van Winkle and the Headless Horseman, but in Spain they remember him for the Alhambra stories. Tales of the Alhambra is must-reading for the traveler in Spain and the best souvenir of your visit.
The work of the Reconquista, as it is called, came to an end with the fall of Granada and the Alhambra Palace. Islamic rule, though fragmented, extended over the bulk of Iberia for centuries, even as Christian warlords, pushing south, chipped away at Muslim territory.
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