Hazhir Teimourian is truly well placed to write this biography. Born in Kurdish western Iran and educated in classical Persian and Arabic, he has been for three decades a commentator on international relations for a host of Western newspapers and broadcasters, from The Times in London to CBS News in New York. He has brought together in this volume his love of literature and his experience of high politics. When he broadcast a series of autobiographical talks on BBC Radio 4, the Financial Times said that 'this most gracious of New Brits' had proved fact could be more powerful than fiction and The Times described him as 'a natural broadcaster, if ever there was one'. Many readers will find his new translation of Khayyam's poetry, the Rubaiyat, as moving and as inspiring as earlier generations found delight and wisdom in FitzGerald's.
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