Lost Paradise: The Story of Granada by Elizabeth Drayson Paperback Book

Description: Lost Paradise by Elizabeth Drayson Estimated delivery 4-14 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description An illustrated account of the historical city of Granada for the Anglophone world. Publisher Description The essential history of an iconic European city, by Cambridge academic Elizabeth Drayson.An admirable achievement... [Drayson has] expertise as a scholar and command as a storyteller BBC History MagazineA glittering homage to one of the worlds most beautiful and storied cities Dan JonesBeauty built on blood and brutality... A fascinating new tome Daily MailFrom the early Middle Ages to the present, foreign travellers have been bewitched by Granadas peerless beauty. The Andalusian city is also the stuff of story and legend, with an unforgettable history to match. Romans, then Visigoths, settled here, as did a community of Jews; in the eleventh century a Berber chief made Granada his capital, and from 1230 until 1492 the Nasrids – Spains last Islamic dynasty – ruled the emirate of Granada from their fortress-palace of the Alhambra. After capturing the city to complete the Christian Reconquista, the Catholic monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella made the Alhambra the site of their royal court.In Lost Paradise, Elizabeth Drayson takes the reader on a voyage of discovery that uncovers the many-layered past of Spains most complex and fascinating city, celebrating and exploring its evolving identity. Her account brings to the fore the image of Granada as a lost paradise, revealing it as a place of perpetual contradiction and linking it to the great dilemma over Spains true identity as a nation. This is the story of a vanished Eden, of a place that questions and probes Spains deep obsession with forgetting, and with erasing historical and cultural memory. Author Biography Elizabeth Drayson is Emeritus Fellow in Spanish at Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge; she is a specialist in medieval and early modern Spanish literature and cultural history. The author of The Moors Last Stand, The Lead Books of Granada and The King and the Whore, Drayson has also produced the first translation and edition of Juan Ruizs Libro de buen amor to appear in England. She lives in Cambridge. Details ISBN 1788547438 ISBN-13 9781788547437 Title Lost Paradise Author Elizabeth Drayson Format Paperback Year 2022 Pages 480 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC GE_Item_ID:135521312; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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