The fall of heaven : the Pahlavis and the final days of imperial Iran

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" An immersive, gripping account of the rise and fall of Iran's glamorous Pahlavi dynasty, written with the cooperation of the late Shah's widow, Empress Farah In this remarkably human portrait of one of the twentieth century's most complicated personalities, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Andrew Scott Cooper traces the Shah's life from childhood through his ascension to the throne in 1941. He draws the turbulence of the post-war era during which the Sha...

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Farah, Empress, consort of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, 1938-

Iran History Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, 1941-1979

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, 1919-1980

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ISBN:

9780805098976
0805098976

Edition:

First edition

Description:

xviii, 587 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 501-565) and index

Contents:

People
Events of the 1978-1979 revolution
Looking for rain. Back to Cairo ; The Shah ; Crown and kingdom ; The Old Lion ; Farah Diba ; The Ayatollah ; "Javid shah!" ; Royals and rebels ; The camp of gold cloth ; The Pahlavi progress ; Emperor of oil ; The turning ; Thirsty for martyrdom ; Last days of Pompeii
Farewell the Shah. Lights over Niavaran ; The caravan passes ; Five days in May ; Into the storm ; Ramadan rising ; The Great Terror ; Black Friday ; State of siege ; Tehran burning ; Sullivan's folly ; Swept away ; Flight of the eagle

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2015046095

Control Number:

1662719

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