His time as a diplomat in Spain inspired the Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada and a series of Spanish legends entitled The Alhambra.
Late works by this author include a collection of short pieces called Wolfert's Roost, a five-volume life of George Washington, a Life of Oliver Goldsmith, and a book on Mahomet and His Successors. Great hostility greeted Tales of a Traveler, although the earlier work Bracebridge Hall had been well received. His time as a diplomat in Spain inspired the Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada and a series of Spanish legends entitled The Alhambra. FTP, who was this author famous for A History of New York and The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, the latter of which contained "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"?
Late works by this author include a collection of short pieces called Wolfert's Roost, a five-volume life of George Washington, a Life of Oliver Goldsmith, and a book on Mahomet and His Successors.
Washington Irving