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

The Persian Book of Kings: The National Epic of Iran

Charles Melville, Firuza Abdullaeva

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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