The Priest and the King: An Eyewitness Account of the Iranian Revolution

Desmond Harney, a former British diplomat charged with political reporting, was living in Tehran in 1979 at the time of the Revolution. He felt compelled to keep a day-to-day record of the events he was witnessing around him as the priest and the king–the Ayatollah Khomeini and the Shah of Iran–squared off against each other. The result is this stunning first-hand account of one of the 20th century’s most momentous episodes.