A rip-roaring tour through 19th century Persian/Iranian history for those who do not have the time or the energy to read a more academic account, and prefer to inject a bit of fun into the process of learning. Kader Abdolah works in the tradition of the great Persian stories, such as 'The Thousand and One Nights' and the 'Shahnameh'. And he reserves the right 'to save something for the night that is to come'.
