Shahnameh I Expansive History of a Culture

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  • Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings (Penguin Classics)

    • ASIN: 0143108328
    • ISBN: 0143108328
    • Brand: Penguin Classics
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Classics

    The definitive translation by Dick Davis of the great national epic of Iran—now newly revised and expanded to be the most complete English-language editionA Penguin Classic   Dick Davis—“our pre-eminent translator from the Persian” (The Washington Post)—has revised and expanded his acclaimed translation of Ferdowsi’s masterpiece, addin... [Read More]

  • The Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings

    • ASIN: 0143104934
    • ISBN: 0143104934
    • Brand: Ferdowsi, Abolqasem/ Davis, Dick (TRN)/ Nafisi, Azar (FRW)
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Classics

    The great national epic of Persia—the most complete English-language edition and definitive translation by Dick Davis, available in a deluxe edition by Penguin Classics.Wherever Persian influence has spread, the stories of the Shahnameh become deeply embedded in the culture, as amply attested by their appearance in such works as The Kite Runne... [Read More]

  • Shahnameh: The Epic of the Persian Kings

    • ASIN: 1593720513
    • ISBN: 1593720513
    • Manufacturer: Quantuck Lane Press

    A new, lushly illustrated edition of the classic work Shahnameh.Ferdowsi’s epic poem Shahnameh is part myth, part history―it begins with the legend of the birth of the Persian nation and its tumultuous history. It contains magical birds, and superhuman heroes, and centuries-long battles.  Written over 1,000 years ago, it was meant to protect P... [Read More]

  • The Lion and the Throne: Stories from the Shahnameh of Ferdowsi, Vol. 1

    • ASIN: 0934211507
    • ISBN: 0934211507
    • Manufacturer: Mage Pub

    Among the masterpieces of world literature, perhaps the least familiar to English readers is the Persian book of kings (Shahnameh, in Persian). This prodigious national epic, composed by the poet Ferdowsi between 980 and 1010, tells the story of ancient Persia, beginning in the mythic time of Creation and continuing forward to the Arab-Islamic inva... [Read More]

  • Fathers and Sons: Stories from the Shahnameh of Ferdowsi, Vol. 2 (v. 2)

    • ASIN: 0934211531
    • ISBN: 0934211531
    • Manufacturer: Mage Pub

    Volume 2 opens and closes with tales of tragic conflict between a king and his son: Prince Seyavash and Prince Esfandiyar are both driven from the court by their foolish fathers to confront destiny and death in distant lands. Interwoven with Seyavash's story is the tale of his stepmother Sudabeh's lust for her young stepson, and of his escape from ... [Read More]

  • Rostam: Tales of Love and War from the Shahnameh (Penguin Classics)

    • ASIN: 0143105892
    • ISBN: 0143105892
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Classics

    The selected adventures of Persia's Hercules, from Iran's great national epic No understanding of world mythology is complete without acquaintance with Rostam, Iran's most celebrated mythological hero. According to the Shahnameh (the tenth-century Book of Kings), this titan, magnificent in strength and courage, bestrode Persia for 500 years. While ... [Read More]

  • Shahnameh I Expansive History of a Culture

    Shahnameh: The Epic of the Persian Kings

    Shahnameh: The Epic of the Persian Kings