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The first biography of a great Iranian leader whose untimely demise eventually resulted in the Islamic Revolution of 1979 and the current regime of the mullahs in IranTo Winston Churchill, he was a lunatic determined to humiliate Great Britain. To President Dwight Eisenhower, he was a Communist patsy who would deliver Iran to the Soviets. To the Iranians who democratically elected him, he was the embodiment of their fight for freedom. On August 19, 1953,... more

About Christopher de Bellaigue

Christopher de Bellaigue has worked as a journalist in the Middle East and South Asia since 1994. He is the author of In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs: A... more


Published: May 15, 2012 by Harper Collins

Genre: History. Non-fiction. 320 pages

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  • All Critics: 13
  • Positive: 12
  • Negative: 1

  • The Guardian | 2 Mar 2012

    Patriot of Persia seems to me to break new ground in Iranian biography, and is sure to find readers in Iran.

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  • The Washington Post | 21 Jul 2012

    The book presents a nuanced portrait of an enigmatic man whose brilliance and fairmindedness fatally collided with his pride and rigidity.

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  • London Review of Books | 21 Jun 2012

    In Christopher de Bellaigue’s politically astute biography, Mossadegh is not the ‘dizzy old wizard’ and ‘tantrum-throwing Scheherazade’ of countless Anglo-American memoirs and press reports...

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  • The Wall Street Journal | 11 May 2012

    In fact, if there is a lesson to be drawn from this otherwise compelling biography, it is that to find freedom, Iranians must begin taking credit for having authored their own tragedy.

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  • The Times Literary Supplement | 27 Jun 2012

    U ntil now, no biography in English has caught the personality and significance of Muhammad Mossadegh,

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  • The Independent | 10 Feb 2012

    Christopher de Bellaigue's superbly timed biography of Iran's former prime minister, Mohammed Mossadeq, helps us to do so.

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  • Kirkus Reviews | 15 May 2012

    A pleasing combination of intriguing local color and cultural and historical depth.

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  • The Guardian | 5 Feb 2012

    ...a Persian-speaking British journalist who lived in Iran and married an Iranian – has written a book that feels both fresh and relevant, and has a foot in both the British and Iranian camps.

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  • Financial Times | 9 Mar 2012

    Patriot of Persia, by a British Persian scholar and journalist with deep experience of Iran, is a rich and timely immersion in that culture.

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  • The National | 9 Mar 2012

    Patriot of Persia is required reading for anyone seeking a better understanding of Iranian political culture and the "blowback" effects of ill-conceived interventionist foreign policies.

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  • Asharq Al-Awsat

    The assumption is that, mere objects in their own history, Iranians cannot offer a valid narrative.

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  • Sugar Street Review | 27 Mar 2012

    Patriot of Persia is a gripping portrait of a crucial figure in the history of the Middle East, whose legacy is still very much with us today.

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  • The New York Review of Books | 16 Aug 2012

    The days proved numbered. De Bellaigue, fluent in Farsi, draws on previously unused Iranian sources to bring Mossadegh to vivid life.

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