A read this novel in its original French. I absolutely loved it.Written in an extremely elegant language full of humour and genuine knowledge of the subject, it is a book that I simply could not put down. As a lover of history and good literature I find that both are entertwined here in a very successfull way. The novel offers us several interesting stories based on historical facts that are generally not known;de stories...
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Rufin has given us an excellent piece of historical fiction reminiscent of the works of G.A. Henty and James Mitchner. As one who travelled overland from Mashad, Iran to Herat, Afghanistan in March 1971 and April 1972, while an American Peace Corps volunteer in Iran, (6/70-6/72), I can relate to the setting. Shah Tahmasp II was ruling as the last of the Safavid Shahs of Persia, when two Afghan 'sardars', Mahmud and Ashraf...
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