Charles Melville

12 books

Every Inch a King: Comparative Studies on Kings and Kingship in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds by Lynette Mitchell, Charles Melville

Every Inch a King: Comparative Studies on Kings and Kingship in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds

Lynette Mitchell, Charles Melville

430 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 7: From Nadir Shah to the Islamic Republic by Peter Avery, Gavin R.G. Hambly, Charles Melville

The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 7: From Nadir Shah to the Islamic Republic

The Cambridge History of Iran #7

Peter Avery, Gavin R.G. Hambly, Charles Melville

1096 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Christians and Moors in Spain, Volume III: Arabic Sources (711-1501) by Charles Melville, Ahmad Ubaydli

Christians and Moors in Spain, Volume III: Arabic Sources (711-1501)

Charles Melville, Ahmad Ubaydli

202 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

nonfiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
The Contest for Rule in Eighteenth-Century Iran: Idea of Iran Vol. 11 by Charles Melville
The Contest for Rule in Eighteenth-Century Iran: Idea of Iran Vol. 11
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Charles Melville

The Contest for Rule in Eighteenth-Century Iran: Idea of Iran Vol. 11

Charles Melville

256 pages • missing pub info (editions)

Court and Craft: A Masterpiece from Northern Iraq by Marianna Shreve Simpson, Robert Hillenbrand, Charles Melville

Court and Craft: A Masterpiece from Northern Iraq

Courtauld Gallery

Marianna Shreve Simpson, Robert Hillenbrand, Charles Melville

176 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction art design
Epic of the Persian Kings: The Art of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh by Barbara Brend, Charles Melville
Epic of the Persian Kings: The Art of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh
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Barbara Brend, Charles Melville

Epic of the Persian Kings: The Art of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh

Barbara Brend, Charles Melville

288 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
The Mongols' Middle East: Continuity and Transformation in Ilkhanid Iran by Bruno de Nicola, Charles Melville

The Mongols' Middle East: Continuity and Transformation in Ilkhanid Iran

Brill's Islamic History and Civilization #127

Bruno de Nicola, Charles Melville

346 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history medium-paced
The Mongols' Middle East: Continuity and Transformation in Ilkhanid Iran by Bruno Nicola, Charles Melville

The Mongols' Middle East: Continuity and Transformation in Ilkhanid Iran

Bruno Nicola, Charles Melville

346 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

history informative reflective medium-paced
The Persian Book of Kings: The National Epic of Iran by Firuza Abdullaeva, Charles Melville

The Persian Book of Kings: The National Epic of Iran

Firuza Abdullaeva, Charles Melville

112 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

challenging mysterious medium-paced
Persian Historiography (A History of Persian Literature, Vol. X) by Charles Melville, Ehsan Yarshater

Persian Historiography (A History of Persian Literature, Vol. X)

Charles Melville, Ehsan Yarshater

400 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

challenging informative slow-paced