The Collected Works of Washington Irving E-Book

Washington Irving

• Herausgeber: PergamonMedia
• Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
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• Sprache: Englisch
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This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works or all the significant works - the Œuvre - of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook - 11100 pages easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • The Legend of Sleepy Hollow • The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon • The Oxford Book of American Essays • Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete • Old Christmas • Old Christmas From the Sketch Book of • Astoria; Or, Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains • Cuentos Clásicos del Norte, Segunda Serie (Spanisch), and Edward Everett Hale • Tales of a Traveller • Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada, from the mss. of Fray Antonio Agapida • Bracebridge Hall • The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West and Benjamin Louis Eulalie de Bonneville • The Legend of Sleepy Hollow • Little Britain • Life of George Washington — Volume • Old Christmas • The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II) • The Crayon Papers • Wolfert's Roost, and Miscellanies • Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography • Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey • The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of • The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Esperanto (Esperanto) • Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists • etc.

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Table of Contents

THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW

CHRONICLE OF THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION.

NOTE TO THE REVISED EDITION.

A CHRONICLE OF THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA.

CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER IV.

EXPEDITION OF MULEY ABUL HASSAN AGAINST THE FORTRESS OF ZAHARA.

CHAPTER V.

EXPEDITION OF THE MARQUES OF CADIZ AGAINST ALHAMA.

CHAPTER VI.

CHAPTER VII.

CHAPTER VIII.

SEQUEL OF THE EVENTS AT ALHAMA.

CHAPTER IX.

EVENTS AT GRANADA, AND RISE OF THE MOORISH KING, BOABDIL EL CHICO.

CHAPTER X.

ROYAL EXPEDITION AGAINST LOXA.

CHAPTER XI.

CHAPTER XII.

FORAY OF SPANISH CAVALIERS AMONG THE MOUNTAINS OF MALAGA.

CHAPTER XIII.

EFFECTS OF THE DISASTERS AMONG THE MOUNTAINS OF MALAGA.

CHAPTER XIV.

HOW KING BOABDIL EL CHICO MARCHED OVER THE BORDER.

CHAPTER XV.

CHAPTER XVI.

THE BATTLE OF LUCENA.

CHAPTER XVII.

LAMENTATIONS OF THE MOORS FOR THE BATTLE OF LUCENA.

CHAPTER XVIII.

HOW MULEY ABUL HASSAN PROFITED BY THE MISFORTUNES OF HIS SON BOABDIL.

CHAPTER XIX.

CAPTIVITY OF BOABDIL EL CHICO.

CHAPTER XX.

OF THE TREATMENT OF BOABDIL BY THE CASTILIAN SOVEREIGNS.

CHAPTER XXI.

RETURN OF BOABDIL FROM CAPTIVITY.

CHAPTER XXII.

FORAY OF THE MOORISH ALCAYDES, AND BATTLE OF LOPERA.

CHAPTER XXIII.

RETREAT OF HAMET EL ZEGRI, ALCAYDE OF RONDA.

CHAPTER XXIV.

CHAPTER XXV.

CHAPTER XXVI.

CHAPTER XXVII.

FORAY OF CHRISTIAN KNIGHTS INTO THE TERRITORY OF THE MOORS.

CHAPTER XXVIII.

ATTEMPT OF EL ZAGAL TO SURPRISE BOABDIL IN ALMERIA.

CHAPTER XXIX.

CHAPTER XXX.

SIEGE OF RONDA.

CHAPTER XXXI.

CHAPTER XXXII.

CHAPTER XXXIII.

EXPEDITION AGAINST THE CASTLES OF CAMBIL AND ALBAHAR.

CHAPTER XXXIV.

ENTERPRISE OF THE KNIGHTS OF CALATRAVA AGAINST ZALEA.

CHAPTER XXXV.

DEATH OF MULEY ABUL HASSAN.

CHAPTER XXXVI.

OF THE CHRISTIAN ARMY WHICH ASSEMBLED AT THE CITY OF CORDOVA.

CHAPTER XXXVII.

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

HOW KING FERDINAND HELD A COUNCIL OF WAR AT THE ROCK OF THE LOVERS.

CHAPTER XXXIX.

CHAPTER XL.

CONCLUSION OF THE SIEGE OF LOXA.

CHAPTER XLI.

CAPTURE OF ILLORA.

CHAPTER XLII.

CHAPTER XLIII.

CHAPTER XLIV.

CHAPTER XLV.

CHAPTER XLVI.

CHAPTER XLVII.

HOW KING FERDINAND LAID SIEGE TO VELEZ MALAGA.

CHAPTER XLVIII.

CHAPTER XLIX.

RESULT OF THE STRATAGEM OF EL ZAGAL TO SURPRISE KING FERDINAND.

CHAPTER L.

HOW THE PEOPLE OF GRANADA REWARDED THE VALOR OF EL ZAGAL.

CHAPTER LI.

SURRENDER OF VELEZ MALAGA AND OTHER PLACES.

CHAPTER LII.

CHAPTER LIII.

ADVANCE OF KING FERDINAND AGAINST MALAGA.

CHAPTER LIV.

SIEGE OF MALAGA.

CHAPTER LV.

SIEGE OF MALAGA CONTINUED.—OBSTINACY OF HAMET EL ZEGRI.

CHAPTER LVI.

ATTACK OF THE MARQUES OF CADIZ UPON GIBRALFARO.

CHAPTER LVII.

SIEGE OF MALAGIA CONTINUED.—STRATAGEMS OF VARIOUS KINDS.

CHAPTER LVIII.

SUFFERINGS OF THE PEOPLE OF MALAGA.

CHAPTER LIX.

CHAPTER LX.

CHAPTER LXI.

CHAPTER LXII.

HOW THE PEOPLE OF MALAGA EXPOSTULATED WITH HAMET EL ZEGRI.

CHAPTER LXIII.

CHAPTER LXIV.

HOW THE CITY OF MALAGA CAPITULATED.

CHAPTER LXV.

FULFILMENT OF THE PROPHECY OF THE DERVISE.—FATE OF HAMET EL ZEGRI.

CHAPTER LXVI.

CHAPTER LXVII.

CHAPTER LXVIII.

CHAPTER LXIX.

HOW THE MOORS MADE VARIOUS ENTERPRISES AGAINST THE CHRISTIANS.

CHAPTER LXX.

CHAPTER LXXI.

THE BATTLE OF THE GARDENS BEFORE BAZA.

CHAPTER LXXII.

SIEGE OF BAZA.—EMBARRASSMENTS OF THE ARMY.

CHAPTER LXXIII.

CHAPTER LXXIV.

EXPLOIT OF HERNANDO PEREZ DEL PULGAR AND OTHER CAVALIERS.

CHAPTER LXXV.

CONTINUATION OF THE SIEGE OF BAZA.

CHAPTER LXXVI.

HOW TWO FRIARS FROM THE HOLY LAND ARRIVED AT THE CAMP.

CHAPTER LXXVII.

HOW QUEEN ISABELLA DEVISED MEANS TO SUPPLY THE ARMY WITH PROVISIONS.

CHAPTER LXXVIII.

OF THE DISASTERS WHICH BEFELL THE CAMP.

CHAPTER LXXIX.

CHAPTER LXXX.

CHAPTER LXXXI.

THE SURRENDER OF BAZA.

CHAPTER LXXXII.

SUBMISSION OF EL ZAGAL TO THE CASTILIAN SOVEREIGNS.

CHAPTER LXXXIII.

EVENTS AT GRANADA SUBSEQUENT TO THE SUBMISSION OF EL ZAGAL.

CHAPTER LXXXIV.

HOW FERDINAND TURNED HIS HOSTILITIES AGAINST THE CITY OF GRANADA.

CHAPTER LXXXV.

THE FATE OF THE CASTLE OF ROMA.

CHAPTER LXXXVI.

CHAPTER LXXXVII.

EXPLOIT OF THE COUNT DE TENDILLA.

CHAPTER LXXXVIII.

CHAPTER LXXXIX.

CHAPTER XC.

PREPARATIONS OF GRANADA FOR A DESPERATE DEFENCE.

CHAPTER XCI.

CHAPTER XCII.

CHAPTER XCIII.

CHAPTER XCIV.

THE LAST RAVAGE BEFORE GRANADA.

CHAPTER XCV.

CONFLAGRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN CAMP.—BUILDING OF SANTA FE.

CHAPTER XCVI.

FAMINE AND DISCORD IN THE CITY.

CHAPTER XCVII.

CAPITULATION OF GRANADA.

CHAPTER XCVIII.

COMMOTIONS IN GRANADA.

CHAPTER XCIX.

SURRENDER OF GRANADA.

CHAPTER C.

HOW THE CASTILIAN SOVEREIGNS TOOK POSSESSION OF GRANADA.

APPENDIX.

THE CRAYON PAPERS

THE SEMINOLES

LETTER FROM GRANADA

A CONTENTED MAN

MOUNTJOY OR SOME PASSAGES OUT OF THE LIFE OF A CASTLE-BUILDER

THE GREAT MISSISSIPPI BUBBLE

"A TIME OF UNEXAMPLED PROSPERITY"

DON JUAN

A SPECTRAL RESEARCH

BROEK

OF THE DUTCH PARADISE

SKETCHES IN PARIS IN 1825

FROM THE TRAVELING NOTE-BOOK OF GEOFFREY CRAYON, GENT.

MY FRENCH NEIGHBOR

THE ENGLISHMAN AT PARIS

ENGLISH AND FRENCH CHARACTER

THE TUILERIES AND WINDSOR CASTLE

THE FIELD OF WATERLOO

PARIS AT THE RESTORATION

AMERICAN RESEARCHES IN ITALY

LIFE OF TASSO: RECOVERY OF A LOST PORTRAIT OF DANTE