The Alhambra, being a brief record of the Arabian conquest of the Peninsula (1907)
Calvert, Albert Frederick, 1872-1946 · London, John Lane; New York, John Lane company · leaf 598
tructure as an arrogant intrusion. It is fallingrapidly to decay. The walls are crumbling, the wood-work isrotten, and the splendid apartments—all that resulted from anintention to eclipse the palace of the Moslem kings—are givenup to bats and owls. This projected Palace, begun in 1526, progressed…
