Fall of the Peacock Throne - The Story of Iran

With the departure of Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, the 446th of the Iranian Shahs, the dynasty founded fifty years earlier by his father ended and with it went the world's oldest monarchy stretching back over twenty five centuries. This book chronicles the fall of the Peacock Throne and the history of its extraordinary country, from its ancient birth as Persia to the Ayatollah's tumultuous rise to power. Forbis brings into focus the harshness and beauty of the land and the richness of the culture, as well as the royal family, the Ayatollah, and the people whose religious and mythical beliefs led them to struggle so fervantlky for Khomeini's Islamic republic...