The Underground Palace – Calleja Fantastic Tales Vol. 1, New English Translation, Illustrated Classic Spanish Fairy Tale Paperback

• New English translation with editorial context.

A hidden stair beneath a tomb leads to a palace of wonders—and draws two royal cousins into a struggle with a vengeful vizier. Danger, enchantment, and unexpected mercy shape Calleja's unusual retelling of a story from The Thousand and One Nights.

This short illustrated edition follows Calleja's own version, whose supernatural rescues and reconciliation take the tale in a different direction from its older source. It includes the booklet's historical vignette, The Exile of Aristides, together with context on the story and its translation.

For readers interested in Arabian Nights adaptations and the imaginative world of vintage storybooks. Contains violence, including mutilation and threats of execution; it is not presented as a young children's edition.

This English reading edition includes a new translation of Calleja's Spanish text, illustrations presented through digital restoration and reconstruction, the original booklet's historical supplement, and editorial context. The illustrations are the original period artwork, carefully restored from scans of the antique book, with AI-assisted tools used to repair damage under hand editorial review. The stories are the original Calleja texts, newly translated into English. This is not a bilingual edition or an untouched facsimile.

The Underground Palace, Calleja Fantastic Tales, Volume 1. By Editorial Saturnino Calleja; translated by Gregory Lindberg.

This is a new paperback edition, printed on demand by our production partner Amazon KDP and published by Plato Press. 6 x 9 in, 26 pages, black-and-white interior. Ships via USPS Media Mail.