Author : John Dryden
Release : 2017-10-26
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Book Synopsis Almanzor & Almahide by : John Dryden
Download or read book Almanzor & Almahide written by John Dryden. This book was released on 2017-10-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almanzor & Almahide, or The Conquest of Granada is a Restoration era stage play, a two-part tragedy written by John Dryden that was first acted in 1670 and 1671 and published in 1672. It is notable both as a defining example of the "heroic drama" pioneered by Dryden, and as the subject of later satire.The plot deals with the Spanish conquest of Granada in 1492 and the fall of Muhammad XII of Granada, the last Islamic ruler on the Iberian Peninsula.