Rostam: Tales of Love and War from the Shahnameh (Penguin Classics)
Abolqasem Ferdowsi was born in Khorasan in a village near Tus in 940. His great epic,Shahnameh, was originally composed for the Samanid princes of Khorasan. Ferdowsidied around 1020 in poverty.Dick Davis is currently professor of Persian at Ohio State University and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. His translations from Persian includeThe Lion and the Throne,Fathers and Sons,Sunset of Empire: Stories from the Shahnameh of Ferdowsi, Vols. I, II, III.Dick Davis is currently professor of Persian at Ohio State University and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. His translations from Persian includeThe Lion and the Throne,Fathers and Sons,Sunset of Empire: Stories from the Shahnameh of Ferdowsi, Vols. I, II, III.