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The Priest and the King: An Eyewitness Account of the Iranian Revolution (British Academic Press)
Desmond Harney
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Hardcover. The author was living in Tehran during the build-up to the Iranian Revolution and kept a daily account of the events he witnessed as the Ayatollah Khomeini and the Shah squared up to each other. This diary makes a crucial contribution to our historical understanding of events. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJPL; BG; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 417.
The author, a former British diplomat, was living in Tehran during the build-up to the Iranian Revolution and kept a day-to-day account of the events he witnessed, as the priest and the king - the Ayatollah Khomeini and the Shah - squared up to each other. The author's faithfully recorded responses - of hope, fear, confusion, scepticism and ultimately despair - reflect with substantial accuracy the spirit in Iran as the country swung from being a docile, Western-orientated ally to an unpredictable, brooding, revolutionary state. Harney had access to all elements of Iran's political elite, including the Shah, and was ... Read more
The author, a former British diplomat, was living in Tehran during the build-up to the Iranian Revolution and kept a day-to-day account of the events he witnessed, as the priest and the king - the Ayatollah Khomeini and the Shah - squared up to each other. The author's faithfully recorded responses - of hope, fear, confusion, scepticism and ultimately despair - reflect with substantial accuracy the spirit in Iran as the country swung from being a docile, Western-orientated ally to an unpredictable, brooding, revolutionary state. Harney had access to all elements of Iran's political elite, including the Shah, and was ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781860643194
SKU
V9781860643194
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About Desmond Harney
Desmond Harney lived for more than a decade in Iran, both as a senior British diplomat and as a banker. He currently lives in London.
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