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Edition: NEW ED
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780349106168ISBN:0349106169
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 320 pages. (320 pages) accused of mocking the inviolate codes of islam, persian poet omar khayyam fortuitously finds sympathy with the very man who is to judge his alledged crime. he is spared, and thus begins the blend of fact and fiction that is 'samarkand'. edition new ed (Paperback) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Quartet Books
Date published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780704327412ISBN:0704327414
Description: Good. The dust cover of this book is slightly damage. However, book is in a good condition **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! read more
Edition: 2nd ed.
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Interlink Publishing Group
Date published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781566562935ISBN:1566562937
Description: Used; Very Good. Book Different cover to shown. Ligfht creasing to spine, cover showing signs of very light use. Pages clean bright with no folds or creases. read more
Edition: NEW ED
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company (UK), UK
Date published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780349106168ISBN:0349106169
Description: New. Please note that deliveries to addresses in the UK and Europe will be in 4-14 business days. Other countries should refer to Alibris standard times. Winner of the Prix de Maisons de la Presse, this novel tells the history of Omar Khayyam's Rubaiyaat from its creation by the poet in the 11th-century to its loss when the Titanic sank in 1912. It also describes Khayyam's life, including his love for the poetess Jahan. ISBN10: 0349106169. read more
Description: Very good. Used, remainders or ex-library, english-speaking-service, Gebraucht oder Verlagsrestbestand, evtl. aus Bibliotheksbestand, bei mehrbändigen Werken bitten wir um vorherige Anfrage, korrekte Rechnung mit ausgewiesener MwSt., deutschsprachiger Service, 14-Tage-Rückgaberecht. read more
Description: Very good. Used, remainders or ex-library, english-speaking-service, Gebraucht oder Verlagsrestbestand, evtl. aus Bibliotheksbestand, bei mehrbändigen Werken bitten wir um vorherige Anfrage, korrekte Rechnung mit ausgewiesener MwSt., deutschsprachiger Service, 14-Tage-Rückgaberecht. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Gardners Books
Date published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780349106168ISBN:0349106169
Description: New. PLEASE NOTE: All books are promptly shipped from our UK warehouse using Royal Mail or DHL. International Priority mail for non-UK deliveries. Delivery is typically 2-4 working days for UK delivery. Heavier or more expensive books are shipped with a TRACKING NUMBER. Professional and reliable bookseller (est.1987). read more
Edition: American ed.
Publisher: Interlink Publishing Group
Date published: 1995
ISBN-13:9781566561945ISBN:1566561949
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Quality Paperback
Publisher: Abacus, United Kingdom
Date published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780349106168ISBN:0349106169
Description: Near Fine (Book Condition) An excellent copy with a hint of shelfwear to covers. Text clean, binding strong. [Montreal Books rating system: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair. ] read more
"This book is AMAZING! Here are a few quotes that have touched my heart...
"...the qualities needed to govern are not those which are needed in order to accede to power. In order to run things smoothly, one must forget oneself and only be interested in others -- particularly the most unfortunate; to get into power, one must be the greediest of men, think only of oneself and be ready to crush one's closest friends. I, however, will not crush anyone."
"In my opinion, any cause which involves killing no longer attracts me. It becomes unattractive to me, it becomes sordid and debased, no matter how beautiful it may have been. No cause can be just when it allies itself to death."
Oh how I just love Samarkand...it's a book I can read and read again and each time I feel as if I can find something inspiring and applicable to my life at the moment. A phenomenal book!!"
"Finished Samarkand, which was a nice, quiet excursion. That is an "interesting" description for a book that includes Assassins, Turkish assaults, Persian revolutionaries, and the sinking of the Titanic. The characters are passive, too much action takes place outside the narrative, and too little exotic detail is dwelt upon for a would-be Orientalist like me. That said it did give me a taste of the East and kept me reading, albeit at times resentfully, all the way to the end."
"Great book that takes you back hundreds of years in the Iranian and Eastern region, I enjoyed it very much, it is about the Manuscript of Omer Khaiam and how it survived."
The first half of the book which had Omar Khayyam as the protagonist was interesting enough but more for the glimpses into the dynamics of politics in Central Asia than the actual plot which was pretty blah.
The seconod half of the book, set in early twentieth century Iran, was just boring."
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