Author: SHAWCROSS, WILLIAM
Title: The Shah's last ride : the story of the exile, misadventures and death of the Emperor / William Shawcross
Description: London : Chatto & Windus 1989. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine. very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw. now mylar-sleeved. Light tanning to page margins. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 463 pages; 463 pages : illustrations. portraits ; 24 cm. Summary: On 16 January 1979. with riots raging around him. the Shah flew out of Teheran for the last time. a sick and disillusioned man. For the rest of his life he was to be shunted from country to country in search of a refuge. an international pariah shunned by the world leaders who had previously fawned upon him. William Shawcross chronicles the bizarre and tragic process of the Shah from exile to death. 463 pages : illustrations. portraits ; 24 cm. Subjects: Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Shah of Iran 1919-1980. Iran - Kings and rulers - Biography. Iran - History - Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. 1941-1979.ISBN: 070113254x. Weight in Kg appr.:

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