Escritos a partir de 1829 por el norteamericano Washington Irving (1783-1859) se han comparado con la famosa colección de Las Mil y Una Noches . Los Cuentos de la Alhambra se desarrollan en el famoso palacio fortaleza granadino. Nadie como Irving ha sabido captar todas las emociones que se perciben desde lo alto y dentro y fuera de este maravilloso complejo arquitectónico. Irving fue el primero de los grandes hispanistas norteamericanos que amó a España. Tales of the Alhambra was written by American author Washington Irving in 1829, during his brief stay at the Alhambra Palace, in Granada. His stay on the Alhambra, the stories he read during his research and the ones he heard from locals inspired him to attempt an homage to this beautiful building, with a collection of legends, essays and verbal sketches about the history of the Alhambra, the monarchs who lived there, its heroes and villains, romances, deaths and triumphs.