Farah PahlaviCritiques

Written while Farah Pahlavi was still Empress of Iran, this book shows us a unique viewpoint. We learn a little of Farah's early life, her whirlwind courtship and marriage, and her introduction into official duties. I'm glad this book has been reprinted. It shows us just how far the country of Iran has gone backwards. I enjoyed reading some of the little anecdotes that Farah tells about her travels abroad and meeting various world leaders. A particularly amusing one for me involves US President Kennedy.

This book is also, at times, very poetic. Good reading.

A very heartfelt memoir. Farah Pahlavi, Empress of Iran, writes the story of her life with such grace and dignity. It's heartbreaking to read of her husband's final illness and of the way he was treated by the world's leaders, positioned and moved as a chess piece from country to country. Farah writes of her "enduring love" from the moment she met him. It's a fascinating lesson in Iranian history.

After reading the book, I recommend watching the documentary "The Queen and I", which follows Farah and tells her story.

a moving honest book about the former empress of iran, and her life as wife to the shah, and then her life after his death, it covers the years of her childhood in Iran, her marriage to the shah, and her life since his death in the united states

Just for curiosity. Tragic destiny for this royal family.