The Shah's Last Ride : The Story of the Exile, Misadventures and Death of the Emperor

Shawcross, William

ISBN 10: 070113254X / ISBN 13: 9780701132545

Published by Chatto & Windus, UK, 1989

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Hardcover. 1989 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Chatto & Windus, UK, 1989. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in near fine dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Edges of dust jacket have light bumping. . Pages are reasonably tanned. Previous owner's name in ink. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: In the autumn of 1987 the Shah of Iran left his native country, ostensibly to take an extended holiday. Some months earlier, rioting had broken out amongst the Shah's subjects, fermented by supporters of the exiled Ayatollah Khomeini. The Shah was in fact never to return to Iran; for the rest of his life he was ignominiously shunted from country to country in search of a permanent refuge. The author, a contemporary journalist, traces the story of the Shah's last years in exile - expelled by the King of Morocco, refused entry to the USA by President Carter, forced to live in a beach hut in the Bahamas - placing these events in contrast to the Shah's former opulent and decadent lifestyle in Iran. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 070113254X. ISBN/EAN: 9780701132545. Inventory No: 15040229. The photo of this book is of the actual book for sale.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Shah's Last Ride : The Story of the Exile, Misadventures and Death of the Emperor
• Publisher: Chatto & Windus, UK
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 070113254X
• ISBN 13: 9780701132545
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biography & Autobiography

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Synopsis

First edition, first printing hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, in very good condition. From the private collection of Dame Carmen Callil, publisher, writer, critic and founder of Virago Press. Jacket edges are creased and nicked. Lower board edges and spine ends are bumped. Page block and page edges are tanned. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW

From Publishers Weekly

By the author of Sideshow: Kissinger, Nixon, and the Destruction of Cambodia , this chronicles the forlorn journey into exile and death of Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. It is also about the Pahlavi regime, its relations with the British and American governments and the popular uprising that toppled the Shah in 1979. In relating this classic tale of hubris, Shawcross is effective in delineating the Shah's blind arrogance as the petrodollars brought unimagined wealth to Iran. ("You in the United States," he remarked to a U.S. Treasury Secretary, "don't understand how a country should be run.") Instead of portraying him as a fool who got what he deserved, however, as a lesser writer might have done, Shawcross describes the Shah's 19-month exile as a pathetic search for refuge and for medical treatment by a homeless man who was unable to the very end to understand what had gone wrong. The author also reveals the complicated rivalry between the eight separate teams of doctors attempting to treat the medical problems that finally laid the Shah to rest on July 27, 1980. The Shah himself referred to this as "a medical soap opera." First serial to Vanity Fair; BOMC alternate.
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