The Conquest of Granada [Washington Irving's Complete Works, Vols. 32-34]
by Washington Irving
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Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 - November 28, 1859) was an American author of the early 19th century. Best known for his short stories The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip van Winkle (both of which appear in his book The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon), he was also a prolific essayist, biographer and historian. Irving and James Fenimore Cooper were the first American writers to earn acclaim in Europe, and Irving is said to have encouraged authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry Wadsworth show more Longfellow, and Edgar Allan Poe. Irving was also the U.S. minister to Spain 1842-1846. show lessTags
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"Talking of romance and of chivalry, that tattered book down yonder has as much between its disreputable covers as most that I know. It is Washington Irving's "Conquest of Grenada." I do not know where he got his material for this book — from Spanish chronicles, I presume — but the wars between the Moors and the Christian knights must have been among the most chivalrous of exploits. I could not name a book which gets the beauty and the glamour of it better than this one,..." --Through the Magic Door, pg. 227
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Washington Irving, one of the first Americans to achieve international recognition as an author, was born in New York City in 1783. His A History of New York, published in 1809 under the name of Diedrich Knickerbocker, was a satirical history of New York that spanned the years from 1609 to 1664. Under another pseudonym, Geoffrey Crayon, he wrote show more The Sketch-book, which included essays about English folk customs, essays about the American Indian, and the two American stories for which he is most renowned--"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle." Irving served as a member of the U.S. legation in Spain from 1826 to 1829 and as minister to Spain from 1842 to 1846. Following his return to the U.S. in 1846, he began work on a five-volume biography of Washington that was published from 1855-1859. Washington Irving died in 1859 in New York. show less
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- Canonical title
- The Conquest of Granada [Washington Irving's Complete Works, Vols. 32-34]
- Alternate titles
- Washington Irving's sämmtliche Werke. Zwei und dreißigstes bis vier und dreißigstes Bändchen. Die Eroberung Granadas
- Original publication date
- 1829
- Important places*
- Granada, Andalusië, Spanje; Andalusië, Spanje
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- Nonfiction, History
- DDC/MDS
- 946.82 — History & geography History of Europe Spain & Portugal Andalusia; Gibraltar Granada
- LCC
- DP122 .I7 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Spain – Portugal History of Spain History By period 711-1516. Moorish domination and the Reconquest Moors in Spain. Córdoba. Kingdom of Granada
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- English, Spanish
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