In the Land of the Lion and Sun, or, Modern Persia by Charles James Wills Part 2/3 | Full Audio Book

In the Land of the Lion and Sun, or, Modern Persia by Charles James Wills (1842 - 1912)
Genre(s): Medical, Travel & Geography, Memoirs

Read by: Saethon, Beeswaxcandle in English

Parts:

Chapters:
00:00:00 - 17 - Chapter 16. Ispahan and its Environs
00:21:47 - 18 - Chapter 17. Ispahan
00:40:11 - 19 - Chapter 18. Ispahan
01:11:24 - 20 - Chapter 19. My Journey Home and March to Shiraz
01:41:01 - 21 - Chapter 20. Shiraz
02:07:19 - 22 - Chapter 21. Shiraz Wine-making
02:32:32 - 23 - Chapter 22. Shiraz and Fussa
02:59:42 - 24 - Chapter 23. Shiraz - the Famine
03:19:49 - 25 - Chapter 24. I Fall Into the Hands of Brigands
03:47:25 - 26 - Chapter 25. Shiraz
04:11:48 - 27 - Chapter 26. Shiraz - Persian Customs
04:42:57 - 28 - Chapter 27. Shiraz
05:09:15 - 29 - Chapter 28. Beasts, Birds, Fruits, and Flowers
05:38:10 - 30 - Chapter 29. Persian Character, Costumes, and Manners
06:13:36 - 31 - Chapter 30. Travelling—Art Work—Foods
06:36:24 - 32 - Chapter 31. Education—Leave, and Return via India

Newly graduated, 24-year-old Charles Wills went to Persia in the role of medical officer to the Indo-European Telegraph Department. This account of his adventures and travels across what we now call Iran between 1866 and 1881 (the middle years of Nãsir al-Dīn Shãh's reign), also includes commentary on the social life in the provinces, along with the geography and products of the country. Humorous and serious anecdotes are recounted with equal verve and a fine appreciation of the ironic. - Summary by Beeswaxcandle