An immersive, gripping account of the rise and fall of Iran's glamorous Pahlavi dynasty, written with the cooperation of the late Shah's widow, Empress Farah, Iranian revolutionaries and US officials from the Carter administration

In this remarkably human portrait of one of the twentieth century's most complicated personalities, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Andrew Scott Cooper traces the Shah's life from childhood through his ascension to the throne in 1941. He draws the turbulence of the post-war era during which the Shah survived assassination attempts and coup plots to build a modern, pro-Western state and launch Iran onto the world stage as one of the world's top five powers. Readers get the story of the Shah's political career alongside the story of his courtship and marriage to Farah Diba, who became a power in her own right, the beloved family they created, and an exclusive look at life inside the palace during the Iranian Revolution. Cooper's investigative account ultimately delivers the fall of the Pahlavi dynasty through the eyes of those who were there: leading Iranian revolutionaries; President Jimmy Carter and White House officials; US Ambassador William Sullivan and his staff in the American embassy in Tehran; American families caught up in the drama; even Empress Farah herself, and the rest of the Iranian Imperial family. Intimate and sweeping at once, The Fall of Heaven recreates in stunning detail the dramatic and final days of one of the world's most legendary ruling families, the unseating of which helped set the stage for the current state of the Middle East.

• We started tracking this book on January 15, 2016.
• This book was $16.99 when we started tracking it.
• The price of this book has changed 11 times in the past 3,720 days.
• The current price of this book is $1.99 last checked one hour ago.
• The lowest price to date was $1.99 last reached on March 22, 2026.
• This book has been $1.99 2 times since we started tracking it.
• The highest price to date was $19.99 last reached on May 24, 2016.
• This book has been $19.99 one time since we started tracking it.
• This book is currently at its lowest price since we started tracking it.

• Politics & Social SciencesPolitics & GovernmentPolitical ScienceHistory & Theory
• HistoryWorldRevolutionary
• HistoryMiddle EastIran
• FranceHistory & Theory

• Publication Date: August 2, 2016
• Text-to-Speech: Disabled
• Lending: Disabled
• Print Length: 619 Pages
• File Size: 95 KB