This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable p...
James Morier Cyrus Leroy Baldridge Michael H. Varhola
Full of rip-roaring exploits, witty satire, and nimble humor, this classic work of fiction my British diplomat James Morier was first published in 1824 and soon became known as a classic to be compared with the Arabian Nights. It launches readers along the rags-to-riches escapades of Hajji Baba, the lazy son of a barber, as he seeks his fortune ... but only if it doesn't demand too much work of him. Hajji Baba of Ispahan appealed to Cyrus Leroy Baldridge as exquisitely appropriate for his highly colorful illustrations. At Baghdad, he set off with his wife to retrace the journeys of Hajji Baba...
Full of rip-roaring exploits, witty satire, and nimble humor, this classic work of fiction my British diplomat James Morier was first published in 182...
A Journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople in the Years 1808 & 1809 is an illustrated look at the Middle East in the early 19th century.
A Journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople in the Years 1808 & 1809 is an illustrated look at the Middle East in the early 1...
The present story of Hadji Baba is reminiscent of the stories of "One Thousand and One Nights" and authentically depicts Persia as it was during the 19th century.
The present story of Hadji Baba is reminiscent of the stories of "One Thousand and One Nights" and authentically depicts Persia as it was during the 1...
In the first decade of the present century Persia was for a short time the pivot of the Oriental interest of English and Indian statesmen. But little known and scarcely visited during the preceding century, it suddenly and simultaneously focussed the ambitions of Russia, the apprehensions of Great Britain, the Asiatic schemes of France. The envoys of great Powers flocked to its court, and vied with each other in the magnificence of the display and the prodigality of the gifts with which they sought to attract the superb graces of its sovereign, Fath Ali Shah. Among these supplicants for the...
In the first decade of the present century Persia was for a short time the pivot of the Oriental interest of English and Indian statesmen. But little ...
