December 1987 Issue William Hamilton-Dalrymple To Boldly Go Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers By Nick Danziger LR
July 2010 Issue Hazhir Teimourian Backgammon Vs the Sword Drinking Arak Off an Ayatollah’s Beard: A Journey Through the Inside-Out Worlds of Iran and Afghanistan By Nicholas Jubber LR
October 2009 Issue Hazhir Teimourian A Tale of Two Peoples The Persians: Ancient, Medieval and Modern Iran By Homa Katouzian Shah Abbas: The Ruthless King who Became an Iranian Legend By David Blow LR
December 2012 Issue Malise Ruthven Fall of the Peacock Throne Days of God: The Revolution in Iran and Its Consequences By James Buchan LR
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In the nine centuries since his death, El Cid has been presented as a prototypical crusader, a paragon of religious toleration and the progenitor of a united Spain.
David Abulafia goes in search of the real El Cid.
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