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When he was assassinated in 1896, Nasir al-Din Shah had sat on the Peacock throne for nearly half a century. A colorful, complex figure, he is frequently portrayed as indolent and self-indulgent. Yet he was in many ways an effective ruler who displayed exceptional resilience in the face of dilemmas and vulnerabilities shared by most monarchs of the Islamic world in the 19th century. In this book-the first in English about Nasir al-Din Shah, Abbas Amanat gives us both a biography of the man and an analysis of the institution of monarchy in modern Iran.

Marta Abba è stata una delle figure più importanti nella vita di Luigi Pirandello. È l'attrice che ha ispirato alcune delle sue opere più intense, eppure la sua voce è stata quasi dimenticata. In questo podcast ricostruiremo il loro legame attraverso le lettere, i documenti e gli archivi, cercando la Marta reale: l’attrice, la donna libera, quella che cercò di restare se stessa anche mentre diventava il centro ossessivo dell’immaginazione del Maestro.

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