History Of Persia (Volume 1)

<p>This is a facsimile of a classic history first published by Macmillan in 1915 and issued in two further editions by Routledge and Kegan Paul. Sir Percy Sykes was an explorer consul soldier and a spy who lived and travelled in Persia over a period of twenty-five years. This two-volume collection provides a comprehensive history of Persia from Alexander the Great through British French and Russian colonialism to the early twentieth century oil industry.</p> <p>With a new introduction by Sykes' biographer Antony Wynn this comprehensive history provides essential background reading to students and academics of Persia.</p>