A Son of a Son

<p>In 1918 Tahir Shah's grandfather The Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah published the small volume of 'poetry in prose' - <em>Eastern Moonbeams</em>. The book marked not only the beginning of a glittering literary career but the start of something far greater.</p><p><br></p><p>In the century since The Sirdar's first publication three generations of the same family have released hundreds of books - the bulk of them bridging West with East.</p><p><br></p><p><em>A Son of a Son</em> comprises a selection of passages from the work of a grandfather a father and a son written over a span of a hundred and one years.</p><p><br></p><p>Drawing on shared interests and inspirations this extraordinary treasury encompasses literature travel philosophy psychology <em>belle-lettres</em> and folklore.</p><p><br></p><p>As Tahir Shah says in his Foreword:</p><p>'We are merely the newest branches of a tree the roots of which stretch downward deep into the soil. As I sit here writing books and thinking about the world every word I type is connected to every word uttered by my father my grandfather and by the generations who came before us.'</p>