A Year amongst the Persians Browne Paperback Cambridge University Press

A Year amongst the PersiansImpressions as to the Life, Character, and Thought of the People of Persia Received during Twelve Months' Residence in that Country in the Years 18871888\nAuthor(s): Edward Granville Browne\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107600591, 978-1107600591\nSynopsis\nEdward Granville Browne [tel] was a British orientalist renowned for his work on Persia. In this volume, published by Cambridge in 1926 as a new edition of the 1893 original, he recounts his impressions of Persian culture following a twelve-month stay in the area during the years 18878. The new edition contains an introductory memoir written by Edward Denison Ross, another orientalist and a close friend of the author for more than forty years. Transcending the colonialist ideals of the time in which it was written, the text provides a lively and thought-provoking narrative that is based upon a genuine fascinatio.