Crowning Anguish: Memoirs of a Persian Princess from the Harem to Modernity, 1884-1914 AUTH-4070177 Publisher: Patagonia Publishing

Publisher: Patagonia Publishing

ISBN10: 1544509022

And in chasing Destiny

In the stormy transition from the Victorian to the modern era

" (Luke 15:31)

Crowning Anguish: Memoirs of a Persian Princess from the Harem to Modernity, 1884-1914 AUTH-4070177 Publisher: Patagonia PublishingThe life of Taj al Saltaneh, daughter of the ruler of Iran, Naser al Din Shah Qajar, epitomized the predicaments of her changing era. Overcoming her limited education within the harem walls, Taj chronicled a thirty year span in the life of a generation that witnessed a shift from traditional order to revolutionary flux. It is as though she had chosen this moment to recall her personal history a tale filled with "wonder and anguish" in order to record