Through Writers' Eyes: Persia
 David Blow
 Format: Paperback
 ISBN: 978 0 955010 55 2

 Area of interest: Iran

 Date of first publication: 2007
 Eland publication date: October 1, 2007
 Price: £14.99

     

The land of the Iranians, known to European travellers for centuries as Persia, is a land riven by mountain-ranges, made inhospitable by deserts, yet rich in plains, forests and jewel like gardens. Home to the most sublime architecture in the world, and a breeding ground for poets, Empires, mystics and saints, it has an enduring and invincible fascination. David Blow enriches our understanding with his knowledgeable selection of the best of three thousand years of descriptive writing. He allows us to visit the courts of Cyrus and Xerxes, to ride out with the Parthians and Sassanians and to make a passing acquaintanceship with both the Shah and the late Ayatollah Khomeni, with Hafiz and with Omar Khayyam.

INCLUDES EXTRACTS FROM:
Vita Sackville-West | Plutarch | Gertrude Bell | Herodotus | Robert Byron | Strabo | Xenophon | Lord Curzon | Freya Stark | Marco Polo | Aeschylus | Jason Elliot | Anthony Smith | John Chardin | Isabella Bird