The Alhambra

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The person responsible for the construction of the Alhambra of Granada was Sultan Muhammad I –also known as Ibn Al-Ahmar, “the Son of the Red”–, the founder of the Nasrid dynasty. Secret Granada, it is an entertaining and simple compilation of Granada's inner-history and its people which will catch you from the first moment. Part of the problem is that so little is known and this author wants to refrain from speculation, but at least I'd like to see more of different people's theories and some weighing of the evidence. In the process he debunks many myths, including many of the stories which the official guides use to enthrall the large throngs of modern tourists that come to visit this World Heritage site.

Rating: 10/10 Synopsis: Kinch Na Shannack owes the Takers Guild a small fortune for his education as a thief, which includes (but is not limited to) lock-picking, knife-fighting, wall-scaling, fall-breaking, lie-weaving, trap-making, plus a few small magics. A readable and intelligent assessment of the Alhambra as a set of buildings, icon, and historical link to a Muslim Spain. The new chambers converted into a reflection of the dynamism of the Alhambra, a site accustomed to adapting to the passage of time.It's been and remains a kind of emblem of something that Europe has lost (wisdom, decadence, religious insight, high romance – it all depends on the eye of the beholder), and that is why it's been such a potent source of Gothic folklore, though this apparently makes things difficult for the historian. The furthest Irwin will concede, when retailing some guidebook explanation of the site, is to say, ‘Well, it is possible, I suppose,’ or some variant thereof. It spends lots of time talking about previous authors and visitors, almost like a travelogue only the travel is through the past and through writing instead of being a literal trip.

It is interesting that what is now in existence of The Alhambra is but part of a mere shell of its former self, what ever its former self may have been. I found this book very good and particularly as we were staying in the Alhambra (Parador) - which I highly recommend, it was invaluable. So it was interesting to read a rather different story in Washington Irving's "Tales of the Alhambra," a book often mentioned but apparently seldom read: "With that enlightened taste which has ever distinguished the French nation in their conquests, this monument of Moorish elegance and grandeur was rescued from the absolute ruin and desolation that were overwhelming it. This guide also includes a lot of alternative planes to fully enjoy the charm of the city; and reviews of the best places to try the delicious and famous tapas from Granada. Sie können Angebote für mehrere Artikel auch dadurch annehmen, dass Sie die Artikel (sofern verfügbar) in den Warenkorb legen und den unmittelbar anschließenden Zahlungsvorgang abschließen.As well as reading books to gain knowledge of the countries I visit and the cultures I meet there, I have also enjoyed writing short snippets, comments and observations that I come across in books and even magazine that I believe sums up a place or feeling at that given time. Ebooks fulfilled through Glose cannot be printed, downloaded as PDF, or read in other digital readers (like Kindle or Nook). Rating: 8/10 Synopsis: The morning before he found the dead body, Jathan Algevin thought he had his whole life just the way he wanted it. The author has studied Arabic and many of the alleged derivations of names from Arabic he has failed to find substantiated in his dictionaries.