Persians: Masters of the Empire

Lost Civilizations

by Time-Life Books (Editor), John L. Papanck (Editor)

Looks at the history and culture of the Persians and describes the ruins and artifacts they left behind

Genres: History, Nonfiction

168 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1995

Reviews

[Marcos “MSMDragon” · Rating 2 out of 5]

Compared to other Time Life books, I found this one to be extremely boring.

[B.G. Brainard · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have done a great deal of work in this field and felt the book made an archaic subject readable and exciting for the non-specialist and scholar. The text made the subject matter accessible to a wide range of readers, but with a solid historical context. The photography was exceptionally good and clearly showed the detail of ancient artifacts and hard to find black-and-white excavation photographs from the early 20th century. Overall I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the book.