Farah Pahlaví Livres

At the age of twenty-one, Farah Diba married the Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi. A loving marriage, the raising of four children, and a devotion to social and cultural causes marked her early years as queen, although there were already signs of grave national diversions on the horizon. Twenty years later the dream had turned into a nightmare: demonstrations and riots shook the country, and Farah and the Shah decided to leave in order to avoid bloodshed. With the hardcover publication of An Enduring Love, a New York Times bestseller (extended list) in 2004, Farah Diba, wife of the last emperor of Iran, broke her silence and told the wrenching story of her love for a man and his country. Her compelling memoir offers an intimate view of a time of upheaval, but stands above all as a powerful human document from one whose life was caught up in an epic and tragic national struggle.

This memoir by empress Farah Pahlavi looks back on her reign over an Iran so modern it is unrecognizable today―written just a few years before the Islamic Revolution of 1979. “Beautifully written, intelligent and insightful, the memoirs of Farah Diba Pahlavi open a window on the life of one of the great women of our time and offer a unique perspective on the extraordinary country over which she and her husband reigned before darkness fell.” ―Bob Colacello, founding editor Interview magazine At the time I wrote my memoir, I had no idea what was to come . . . Empress Farah Pahlavi was the first crowned empress of Iran, little did she know she would also be the last. This memoir was written in 1976, at the height of her reign on the glittering peacock throne. The candid words reveal her vision for a better Iran, without any idea of what history would bring―the end of the fairy tale. Farah Pahlavi helped usher in a modern Iran now lost to the sands of time.

Šahbanú Farah, třetí žena posledního íránského císaře, se rozhodla promluvit. Vypráví svůj příběh lásky k manželovi i k vlasti. Příběh, který začal jako romantická pohádka. Jedenadvacetiletá Farah se provdá za Muhammada Rezu Pahlavího a život mladé dívky se v průběhu několika málo měsíců od základu změní. Píše o ní světový tisk a po pár letech je mladá královna korunována íránskou císařovnou. Přivede na svět čtyři děti a přitom plní své panovnické úkoly... O dvacet let později se sláva mění v noční můru: demonstrace, krvavé bouře, spěšný odjezd již vážně nemocného šáha, exil bez možnosti najít trvalé útočiště, protože s novým íránským režimem chtějí zůstat zadobře všechny státy světa.