萨拉戈萨手稿

拿破仑战争时期，一个军官发现的一本旧书上记载着跟他祖父阿方索·范·沃登有关的故事，沃登是瓦龙部队的队长，他要寻找通往莫雷纳的捷径。在小酒馆里，他邂逅了两个伊斯兰公主，她们引诱他，但他醒来却发现自己已身在绞架。他被神秘人拯救，回家家乡之后，等待他的是更惊人的消息……In the Napoleonic wars, an officer finds an old book that relates his grandfather's story, Alfons van Worden, captain in the Walloon guard. A man of honor and courage, he seeks the shortest route through the Sierra Morena. At an inn, the Venta Quemada, he sups with two Islamic princesses. They call him their cousin and seduce him; he wakes beside corpses under a gallows. He meets a hermit priest and a goatherd; each tells his story; he wakes again by the gallows. He's rescued from the Inquisition, meets a cabalist and hears more stories within stories, usually of love. He returns to Venta Quemada, the women await with astonishing news.