Shahnameh

Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings (Hardcover) by Abolqasem Ferdowsi, Dick Davis (Translator)

From Publishers Weekly- Composed more than a thousand years ago, this national epic of Persia tells the story of Iran from the first "lord of the world," Kayumars, through the seventh-century Arab/Islamic conquest of the Sassanid dynasty. With a foreword by Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran, and illustrated with Persian lithographs, Davis's translation of this epic poem is an accessible combination of poetry and prose.Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

I highly recommend the book above, I have just received my copy and look forward to many nights of reading enjoyment.

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