A year amongst the Persians - Impressions as to the life, character and thought of the people of Persia is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original ed
First published in 1893, this is one of the great classics of travel. Going far beyond the record of a journey, it gives lively and entrancing descriptions of P
A "fresh...thrilling" (The Guardian) account of the Graeco-Persian Wars. In the fifth century B.C., a global superpower was determined to bring truth and order