NPR : New Translation of 'Persian Book of Kings'

NPR : New Translation of 'Persian Book of Kings': "Just in time for the celebration, there's a new English translation of the Shahnameh, the 'Persian Book of Kings.' The epic was written over the course of 35 years, begun in the 10th century and finished in the 11th century by the poet Abolqasem Ferdowsi when the Persian Empire was a memory and Arabs dominated what is now the nation of Iran."