Award-winning New Zealand travel writer Jill Worrall, with her friend Reza Mirkhalaf, a leading tour manager from Tehran, describe an Iran the world has forgotten about and has seldom been written about. Few people in the west know anything about the Iranian people beyond their current politics and religion. Two Wings of a Nightingale (on sale May 2nd, rrp $36.99) uses the threads of |
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Iran’s silk road heritage as a basis for a road trip travelogue. Jill’s local contacts enable her to visit the inner shrine in Mashhad, one of the few Westerners to do so. She meets an ex-Iraq War soldier, a Zoroastrian woman, and benefits throughout from Reza’s expert knowledge on Iran’s history, religion, culture and architecture.
For further information email: jill.worrall@xtra.co.nz
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