Sweet Boy Dear Wife - by Heather Rossiter (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Jane Dieulafoy dressed as a boy to accompany her husband on digs in Persia, where women were veiled and enclosed. Her adventures led to the discovery of enamelled brick friezes in the 2500-year-old city of Susa. Displayed at the Louvre in 1886, the Lion and Archer friezes created a sensation and remain among the Louvre's greatest treasures.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><em>'What! That sweet boy is a woman?' asked the Shah.</em></p><p><em>'Indeed, your Majesty, ' replied Colonel Dieulafoy, 'she is Madame Dieulafoy, my dear wife.'</em></p><p>Captivated by enamelled tiles and bricks used in Islamic buildings, Jane Dieulafoy's search in great cities and small villages, despite illness, religious fanatics and wild tribesmen, is an exciting story of risk and resolve. Blue-eyed Jane dressed as a boy to accompany her husband on digs in Persia, where women were veiled and enclosed. Her adventures led to the unexpected discovery of enamelled brick friezes in the 2500-year-old city of Susa. Displayed at the Louvre Museum in 1886, the Lion and Archer friezes created a sensation and remain today among the Louvre's greatest treasures.</p><p><em>Sweet Boy Dear Wife: Jane Dieulafoy in Persia 1881-1886</em> is based on Jane's diaries. Princes and lowly Persians, nomads, tribal chiefs and functionaries fill the pages, but particularly resonant are the women, both vital tribal women and pathetic creatures locked in <em>anderuns</em> (harems). Their subjugation saddened Jane, an early feminist, who believed passionately that women should be free to live dignified independent lives.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"This finely crafted, sympathetic account of a courageous, fragile woman determined not to be limited by gender simultaneously sweeps through the history and achievements of Persia (Iran)." - Justice Mary Finn, Canberra "Heather Rossiter cleverly and evocatively weaves into the story of Jane Dieulafoy's 6000 km horseback ride across Persia an appreciation of Persia's exquisite painted and glazed tiles and of the architectural jewels that left lifelong impressions on Western travellers and stimulated new trends in European building." - Dr Stefano Carboni, Director, Art Gallery of Western Australia<br>
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