The Persian Mirror: Reflections of the Safavid Empire in Early Modern France. Susan Mokhberi. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. xii + 223 pp. £47.99

• Published in: Renaissance Quarterly Vol. 74; no. 2; pp. 647 - 648
• Main Author: Meserve, Margaret
• Format: Journal Article Book Review
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 01.07.2021
• Subjects: Arabic language; Autobiographical literature; Christian Islamic relations; Diplomatic & consular services; Folklore; French literature; Literary criticism; Louis XIV, King of France (1638-1715); Persian language; Travel literature; France; Persia

Mokhberi deploys impressive methodological flexibility as she analyzes sources that reported on, commented on, praised, or scorned Safavid Persia and its rulers: travel literature, French-inflected editions of Persian folklore, diplomatic memoirs, eyewitness accounts of Persian diplomatic missions t...