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Chargement... Book of Queens: The True Story of the Middle Eastern Horsewomen Who Fought the War on Terrorpar Pardis Mahdavi
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"Book of Queens reaches back centuries to the Persian Empire and a woman disguised as a man, facing an invading army, protected only by light armor and the stallion she sat astride. Mahdavi draws a thread from past to present: from her fearless Iranian grandmother, who guided survivors of domestic violence to independent mountain colonies in Afghanistan where the women, led by a general named Mina, became their country's first line of defense from marauding warlords. To the female warriors who helped train and breed the horses used by US Green Berets when they touched down in October 2001, with a mission but insufficient intelligence on the ground-women whose contributions were then forgotten. Pardis Mahdavi chases the legacy of Caspian horses and the women whose lives are saved by them, drawing on decades of research, newly-discovered diaries, and exclusive military sources. Among those intersecting stories is that of American Louise Firouz, who helped bring the breed back from the brink of extinction, connecting Virginia traders to British royals to the son of the Shah. Firouz's life is forever changed when she meets Mahdavi's own family, who run an unusual smuggling operation in addition to raising horses in a wild bid for freedom. Book of Queens is an epic tale of hidden women whose communal knowledge was instrumental in saving an animal as ancient as civilization, and who were the genesis of their own liberation"-- Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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If you love horses and enjoy strong women with soul this is the book for you. An historical look at the Caspian horses of the Middle East, and the freedom fighters, the warrior women who bred, trained and ensured their survival.
Paradise Mahdavi explores her family history for the truth about these horses and the women who dealt with them. Her journey takes her across the Middle East, to the United States, and to England. We’re taken from Afghanistan to Virginia and back. From Mahdavi’s Iranian grandmother to the now. A big part of the story is the search for the studbook of the Caspian Horses. Important for the provenance and history of bloodline. Along the way we discover the women fighters who take on the Taliban, ISIS and warlords of the northern regions.
A tribute to the forgotten history of the women of Persia, of Iran, of Northen Turkey, and Afghanistan “in the cradle of Empires.”
“There is Persia and there is Iran. One is the soul, the other the heart. And you need both to truly live.”
(I did online searches and very little is mentioned about these stalwart women. Of course it’s “all about the men”. Grr! Hopefully this book goes towards setting the record straight!)
A Hachette Books ARC via NetGalley.
Many thanks to the author and publisher.
Please note: Quotes taken from an advanced reading copy maybe subject to change ( )