TY - BOOK ID - 61158435 TI - A Story of Conquest and Adventure : The Large Farāmarznāme AU - van Zutphen, Marjolijn AU - Zutphen, Marjolijn van PY - 2017 SN - 9400602774 9087282729 PB - Leiden Leiden University Press DB - UniCat KW - Classical texts KW - Literary Collections / Middle Eastern KW - Literature KW - Persia KW - eleventh century KW - poetry KW - epic cycle KW - The Large Farāmarznāme KW - Anthologies. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:61158435 AB - A Story of Conquest and Adventure: The Large Faramarzname presents a poem from the Persian epic cycle dated to the late eleventh century in an English prose translation for the first time. The story tells how Faramarz, a son of the famous Shahname hero Rostam, conquers several provinces of India, before setting off on an extensive voyage over sea and land, leading his troops through a number of hazardous situations in various fictional countries. Finding love and battling men, demons, and various ferocious animals, the epic hero comes to life in this riveting translation. ER -