Tales of the Alhambra

There are some books that age with time, and others that seem to be ageless. This is the case of the "Tales of the Alhambra", written by Washington Irving, an American diplomat, historian and traveller, who lived in the Alhambra itself for a while. The book, which was first published in 1832, was immediately translated into many languages and attracted travellers from all over the world to Granada.