Elizabeth Drayson

Elizabeth Drayson (born 1954) ^[1] is Lorna Close Fellow in Spanish at Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge. She is a specialist in medieval and early modern Spanish literature and cultural history. She produced the first translation and edition of Juan Ruiz's Libro de buen amor to appear in England. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Selected publications

• The Book of Good Love, Juan Ruiz, Archpriest of Hita, new English translation and critical introduction, notes and bibliography, Everyman Paperbacks, (London: Orion, 1999).
• The King and the Whore: King Roderick and La Cava, The New Middle Ages series (New York and Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan, 2007). Shortlisted for the La Crónica book prize 2008.
• The Lead Books of Granada, Early Modern History: Society and Culture series (New York and Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan, 2013). ^{[5] [6]}
• The Moor's Last Stand: How Seven Centuries of Muslim Rule in Spain Came to an End (London: Profile, 2017). ^[7]
• Lost Paradise: The Story of Granada (London: Head of Zeus, 2021; Apollo, 2022). ^[8]

References

1. DNB-IDN   1238268781
2. "Dr Elizabeth Drayson | Murray Edwards College - University of Cambridge". Murray Edwards College - University of Cambridge. Murrayedwards.cam.ac.uk. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
3. "Dr Elizabeth Drayson | Peterhouse Cambridge". Pet.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 May 2017.^{[ dead link ]}
4. "Dr Elizabeth Drayson | Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages". Mml.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
5. Gilbert, Claire (2016). "The Lead Books of Granada by Elizabeth Drayson (review)". The Catholic Historical Review. 102 (1): 172–173. doi:10.1353/cat.2016.0060. S2CID   163402908. Project MUSE   615386.
6. "The Lead Books of Granada". SpringerLink.
7. "The Moor's Last Stand". Profile Books. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
8. "Lost Paradise: The Story of Granada". Bloomsbury. Retrieved 3 July 2024.

External links

• https://twitter.com/Withburga