Shahnameh : the Persian book of kings
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Shahnameh : the Persian book of kings
（Penguin classics）（Penguin books, . Poetry/literature）
Penguin, 2016
Expanded ed
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The lion and the throne
Fathers and sons
Sunset of empire
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"Originally published in three volumes entitled The lion and the throne, Fathers and sons, and Sunset of empire by Mage Publishers, Washington, D.C."--T.p. verso
"This expanded edition published 2016"--T.p. verso
Includes index
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Dick Davis, "our pre-eminent translator from the Persian" (Washington Post) has revised and expanded his highly-praised translation of Ferdowsi's masterpiece, including more than 100 pages of newly translated text. Davis's elegant combination of prose and verse allows the poetry of the Shanameh to sing its own tales directly, interspersed sparingly with clearly-marked explanations to ease along modern readers. Among the greatest works of world literature, this prodigious narrative, composed by the poet Ferdowsi in the late tenth century, tells the story of pre-Islamic Iran, beginning in the mythic time of creation and continuing forward to the Arab invasion in the seventh century.
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