Pivot of the Universe by Abbas Amanat

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/27729 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pivot of the Universe Author: Abbas Amanat Narrator: Derek Perkins Format: mp3 Length: 21 hrs and 6 mins Release date: 03-31-21 Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 16 ratings Genres: Middle East Publisher's Summary: When he was assassinated in 1896, Nasir al-Din Shah had sat on the Peacock throne for nearly half a century. A colorful, complex figure, he is frequently portrayed as indolent and self-indulgent. Yet he was in many ways an effective ruler who displayed exceptional resilience in the face of dilemmas and vulnerabilities shared by most monarchs of the Islamic world in the 19th century. In this book-the first in English about Nasir al-Din Shah, Abbas Amanat gives us both a biography of the man and an analysis of the institution of monarchy in modern Iran.