Title: Nearer the heart's desire
Description: "Weaving together the biographies of two poets separated by some eight-hundred years, Robert Richardson brings to life one of the most famous-- and ancient works of poetry in all existence"--Front jacket flap.
Subjects: Rubāʻīyāt (Omar Khayyam), Criticism and interpretation, Persian Poets, Translators, English Poets, Biography, Persian poetry, history and criticism, Poets, biography, Authors, english, Omar khayyam, Fitzgerald, edward, 1809-1883, Great britain, biography
Places: Great Britain
People: Edward FitzGerald (1809-1883), Omar Khayyam
Time periods: 12th century, 19th century