Antony Spawforth

The House that Cyrus Built

Persians: The Age of the Great Kings

By Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

Bijan Omrani

From Timur to the Taliban

The Pearl of Khorasan: A History of Herat

By C P W Gammell

Eric Ormsby

Eastern Reflections

Persophilia: Persian Culture on the Global Scene

By Hamid Dabashi

Doris Lessing

Sufic Searches

Seeker After Truth

By Idries Shah

A Book of Wisdom and Lies

By Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani

Paul Cartledge

Whipping the Hellespont

Xerxes: A Persian Life

By Richard Stoneman

Robert Irwin

Percy of Persia

Persia in the Great Game: Sir Percy Sykes, Explorer, Consul, Soldier Spy

By Antony Wynn

Robin Lane Fox

Prince of Persia

Darius in the Shadow of Alexander

By Pierre Briant (Translated by Jane Marie Todd)

Frank McLynn

Time of the Trireme

Salamis: The Greatest Naval Battle of the Ancient World, 480 BC

By Barry Strauss