Bahram Beyzai's poetic imagining of the circumstances that led to the death of Yazdgerd III, the last of the Sassanid kings of Iran. His death in 651, during the Arab invasions that brought Islam to this Zoroastrian realm, was mysterious: his corpse was discovered in a mill, but the cause of his death—and the whereabouts of his remains—are unknown.
After having medical problems, and after a long time, Mina becomes pregnant, but she feels...
England, 1021: Born in a miserable mining town, Robert Cole swears to become a physician a...
Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly b...
A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartogra...
In 1986 Iran, Sahebjam, whose car breaks down in a remote village, enters into a conversat...
At the turn of the 19th century, Pugilism was the sport of kings and a gifted young boxer ...
A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and b...
In order to flee from powerful enemies, young Mayan king Balam leads his people north acro...
In the year 180 A.D. Germanic tribes are about to invade the Roman empire from the north. ...