In the Dragon's Claws
Subtitle: The Story of Rostam and Esfandiyar from the Persian Book of Kings
Contributors: Jerome W. Clinton (Translator)
Publisher: Mage Publishers
Published: July 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780934211567
Subjects: Classic fiction; Works by individual poets: classical, early & medieval; Poetry; Literary Criticism; Hellenic languages; Literature: Classics; Poetry / Single Author / Other; General; Epic poetry; Literary Criticism & Collections; Middle Eastern; Shahnamah; Single Author - Other; Translations into English; Literary Criticism & Collections / Middle Eastern
First sentence: The story of Rostam and Esfandiyar is taken from the Shahnameh, or Book of Kings, a long narrative poem in Persian that was given its present form by Abolqasem Ferdowsi (AD 932-1025).