El manuscrito carmesí (lit.

'The Crimson Manuscript') is a 1990 historical novel by the Spanish writer Antonio Gala.

It is a fictional autobiography of Boabdil, the last ruler of the Nasrid dynasty in the Emirate of Granada.

[1][2][3] The book became Gala's most critically acclaimed work.

[4] It received the Premio Planeta de Novela.