Among the masterpieces of world literature, one of the least
familiar to English readers is the Persian Book of Kings (Shahnameh
in Persian). Composed 1,000 years ago, this prodigious national
epic is a 60,000 couplet verse poem, which recounts Persia's
history from the time of Creation to the 7th-century Arab conquest.
The Lion and the Throne, volume I of our series recasts the first
third of this epic in a mixture of English prose and verse for the
contemporary reader. These tales follow Persia's civilization
through a long line of rulers, heroes and heroines as they face
love and lust, tragedy and treachery, war and peace, victory and
defeat.
Volume II of our series, Fathers and Sons, opens and closes with
tales of tragic conflict between a king and his son: Prince
Seyavash and Prince Esfandyar 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 him, and of his escape from her wiles
by the famous trial by fire. Esfandyar's story involves the last
combat of the great Rostam, a fight to the death which leads to
Rostam's own demise at the hands of his evil brother Shaghad.
Between these two stories the reader travels through a wondrous
landscape of romance "Bizhan and Manizheh", demons "the Akvan Div",
heroic despair "The Story of Forud" and mystical renunciation of
the world "The Occultation of Kay Khosrow". Breathtaking miniatures
from the finest Persian Shahnameh manuscripts of the 16th and 17th
centuries heighten the emotional impact of the text.
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