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In the rose garden of the martyrs : a memoir of Iran by Christopher de Bellaigue is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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<p><P>The history of Iran in the late twentieth century is a chronicle of religious fervor and violent change &#151; from the Islamic Revolution that ousted the Shah in favor of a rigid fundamentalist government to the bloody eight-year war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq. But what happened to the hostage-takers, the suicidal holy warriors, the martyrs, and the mullahs responsible for the now moribund revolution? Is modern Iran a society at peace with itself and the world, or truly a dangerous spoke in the "Axis of Evil"? <P>Christopher de Bellaigue, a Western journalist married to an Iranian woman and a longtime resident of a prosperous suburb of Tehran, offers a stunning insider's view of a culture hitherto hidden from American eyes, and reveals the true hearts and minds of an extraordinary people.</p> <h3>The New York Times - Michiko Kakutani</h3> <p>Where <i>Rose Garden</i> is most powerful is in giving us impressionistic glimpses of everyday life in Iran. As a British journalist who writes for The Economist, The New Yorker and The New York Review of Books, Mr. de Bellaigue experiences the suspicion of Westerners evinced by so many Iranians. He gripes about being suspected of being

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Author
Christopher de Bellaigue
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Published
2004
Language
EN
ISBN
9780066209807
Category
history
Subjects
Historical Fiction, Fiction, Religion
Rating
3.46 / 5 (24 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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