The Castles of the Assassins
Publisher: Linden Publishing
Published: April 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780941936644
Subjects: Iran; Description and travel; Travel; Archaeology / Anthropology; Middle East - Iran; Archaeology; Travel / Essays & Travelogues; Assassins (Ismailites); Essays & Travelogues; Elburz Mountains (Iran)
First sentence: THE VALLEY of the Assassins, or, to give it its more prosaic name, the Alamut valley, lies in the Elburz mountains, in the north of Iran, about half-way between Teheran, the capital, and the Caspian sea.
Description: xii, 328 p., [17] p. of plates : 23 cm