"Superbly timed.portrays some fascinating, and often farcical, stories of political life in Iran" - Independent "Compelling. the West has handled its relationship with Iran as badly as possible. we have little leverage with its people.de Bellaigue's book goes far to explain why." - Max Hastings, Sunday Times (London) "Authoritative.a politically astute biography" - Pankaj Mishra, London Review of Books "A compelling biography. Bellaigue.
writes with economy and a lightly ironic touch.The result is a three-dimensional profile of Mossadegh that contrasts sharply with the heroic democrat mythologized by his supporters." - Wall Street Journal "Brilliant.deft.De Bellaigue, fluent in Farsi, draws on previously unused Iranian sources to bring Mossadegh to vivid life.De Bellaigue's powerful portrait is also a timely reminder that further Western recklessness toward Iran.would only pile tragedy upon tragedy." - Roger Cohen, New York Review of Books "Concise, smoothly written, and ultimately absorbing: the kind of portrait that serves as much as an introduction to a country as it does to a man.
PATRIOT OF PERSIA arrives just in time." - Suzy Hansen, BookForum ".thanks to veteran journalist Christopher de Bellaigue's brisk, engaging 300-page biography, Mossadegh's strange personality and at times baffling motives come into clearer focus." - The Daily Beast "Portrayed by Bellaigue as a classic tragic hero.the book presents a nuanced portrait of an enigmantic man whose brilliance and fairmindedness fatally collided with his pride and rigidity." - Tara Bahrampour, Washington Post ".superbly researched." - Huffington Post ".
a major strength of the book is that it does not seek to lionize the protagonist." - Washington Independent Review of Books "A timely book.elegantly written.feels both fresh and relevant.highlights the dangers of a foreign policy that ignores the perceptions of those with memories longer than our own." - The Guardian "De Bellaigue's book is unsurpassed as a rounded portrait of Mossadegh." - Times Literary Supplement (London) "Until now, no biography in English has caught the personality and significance of Muhammad Mosadegh, Prime Minister of Iran, 1951-1953.De Bellaigue's book is unsurpassed as a rounded portrait of Mossadegh.
" - Times Literary Supplement (London) "Economist Tehran correspondent de Bellaigue uses plenty of local insight to provide general readers with an intriguing combination of biography, history and strategic study." - Kirkus Reviews "Brilliant.A sweeping new biography.also a rich portrait of Iran amid the revolutionary upheaval of anti-colonial reform movements.-the antecedent, in many ways, of today's Middle East uprisings." - The Daily.