The Persian Book of Kings: The National Epic of Iran by Firuza Abdullaeva, Charles Melville

The Persian Book of Kings: The National Epic of Iran

Firuza Abdullaeva, Charles Melville

112 pages first pub 2007 (editions)

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India has the Mahabharata, Greece has Homer’s epic cycle, and the national history of Iran is chronicled in Firdausi’s epic poem The Book of Kings, or Shahnama. This lavishly illustrated study explores the intricate complexity of this epic as it...

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