“The Empress of Iran-or Shahbanou, her Iranian title—is one of the most outstanding women of our time, crowned consort of that vastly powerful ruler, H.I.M. Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shahanshah.” The writers of the “blurb” for “Farah: Shahbanou of Iran,” by Lesley Blanch, must be cringing. The publishers could hardly have picked a worse time to promote a book on the “unending care for her country and its people” by Iran’s “working Empress.” Still, for those who want to indulge their nostalgia for lost imperial glory from the very recent past this is an attractive book, rich in illustrations of the former life and works of the lady married to the former “King of Kings and Allah’s Shadow on Earth.” The picture above shows Farah at her coronation in October, 1967, wearing a crown especially created for her. The book is published by Collins (153 pp., index. $19.95).
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Press, 27 January 1979, Page 17
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147“The Empress of Iran-or Shahbanou, her Iranian title—is one of the most outstanding women of our time, crowned consort of that vastly powerful ruler, H.I.M. Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shahanshah.” The writers of the “blurb” for “Farah: Shahbanou of Iran,” by Lesley Blanch, must be cringing. The publishers could hardly have picked a worse time to promote a book on the “unending care for her country and its people” by Iran’s “working Empress.” Still, for those who want to indulge their nostalgia for lost imperial glory from the very recent past this is an attractive book, rich in illustrations of the former life and works of the lady married to the former “King of Kings and Allah’s Shadow on Earth.” The picture above shows Farah at her coronation in October, 1967, wearing a crown especially created for her. The book is published by Collins (153 pp., index. $19.95). Press, 27 January 1979, Page 17
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