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Ignoring official travel warnings and advice from friends and family, she travels about 3,000 miles from Tabriz to Shiraz. Along the way she meets people from many walks of life—carpet sellers, drug addicts, war veterans, housewives, doctors, and teachers—revealing a complex portrait shaped by strict Islamic rule, intense contrasts, and moments of humour and beauty.","LOIS PRYCE  \nREVOLUITIONARYRIDE'Within a few pages I'd recogniseda kindred spirit.A satisfying blendof action,thought and feeling.Lois hits the right note every time.'Dervla MurphyON THE ROAD IN SEARCH OFthe Real Iran  \n‘SOMETIMES FRIGHTENINGSOMETIMES HILARIOUS,ALWAYSWARM-HEARTED'Ted Simon,author of Jupiter's Travels  \nIn 2011,at the height oftensionbetween the British and Iraniangovernments,travel writer Lois  \nPryce found a note from anunknown Persian man left on hermotorcycle outside the IranianEmbassy in London,asking thatshejourney to his hometown tofind out what Iran is really like.  \nIntrigued,Lois decides to ignorethe official warnings against travel(and the warnings of her friendsand family)and sets off alone on  \na3,000 mile ride from Tabriz toShiraz,to try to uncover the heart ofthis most complex and incongruouscountry.Along the way,she meetscarpet sellers and drug addicts,warveterans and housewives,doctorsand teachers-people livingordinary lives under the rule ofan extraordinarily strict Islamicgovernment.  \nRevolutionary Ride is the story ofa people and a country.Religiousand hedonistic,practical and poetic,modern and rooted in tradition-and with a wild sense of humour andappreciation of beauty despite thecomparative lack offreedom-thisis real contemporary Iran.  \nE14.99 UK/$19.95 US &Car  \n# Revolutionary Ride\n\nf15000Also by Lois Pryce  \nLois on the Loose  \nRed Tape and White Knuckles  \nRevolutionary Ride  \n# On the Road in Search of the Real Iran\n\nLOIS PRYCE  \nNICHOLAS BREALEYPUBLISHING  \nNicholas Brealey PublishingJohn Murray PressCarmelite Houseso Victoria EmbankmentLondon EC4Y ODz,UKTel:0203I226000  \nFirst published in 20I7 by Nicholas Brealey PublishingAn imprint o John Murray PressAn Hachette UK Company  \nI  \n◎ Lois Pryce 20I7  \nMap drawn by Rosie Collins  \nAlthough the events described are all true,in order to preserve anonymity somenames and identifying characteristics of individuals have been changed.  \nThe right of Lois Pryce to be identified as theAuthor of the Work has been asserted by her in accordancewith the Copyright,Designs and Patents Act I988.  \nAll rights reservedApart from any use permitted under UK copyright lawno part of this publication may be reproduced,stored in a retrieval system,or transmitted,in any form or by any means without the prior writtenpermission of the publisher,nor be otherwise circulated in any form ofbinding or cover other than that in which it is published and without asimilar condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.  \nll photographs are reproduced courtesy of the author.  \nA CIP catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library  \nISBN 978-I-85788-657-3  \nEbook ISBN UK 978-1-85788-929-1  \nEbook 1SBN US 978-I-47364-489-2  \nTypeset in Bembo MT by Palimpsest Book Production Ltd,Falkirk,Stirlingshire  \nPrinted and bound by Clays Ltd,St Ives plc  \nNicholas Brealey policy is to use papers that are naturalrenewable and recyclable products and made from wood grown insustainable forests.The logging and manufacturing processes are expected toconform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin.  \nNicholas Brealey PublishingHachette Book GroupMarket Place Center,s3 State StreetBoston,MA 02109,USATel:(617)5233801  \nwww.nicholasbrealey.comwww.loisontheloose.com  \nFor Austin-jan  \nContents  \nMap  \nX-xi  \nI.A Curious Invitation  \nI  \n2.‘Go and Wake Up Your Luck'I3  \n3.Islamic Republic,Yes or No?  \n34  \n4.Following Freya  \n55  \ns.Iran Underground  \n7I  \n6.Snow,Sea and the Shah  \n85  \n7.Riding the Revolutionary RoadIOI  \n8.Tehran:Politics,Pollution and PartiesI2I  \n9.All Different,All Relative:Iran's ForgottenExplorerI37  \nIO.I Fought the Law  \nISI  \nII.The Rial ThingI65  \nI2.Into the WildI8I  \nI3.Dark Times in the DesertI97  \nI4.Hotel Nish-Nush  \n207  \nIS.Yadz:How Iran Lost Its Religion and Found AirConditioning2IS  \nI6.Half a Million Martyrs229  \nI7.Persepolis:Empire and Excess  \n24I  \nI8.Shiraz:Poetry and Pomegranates253  \nI9.Neither East N","cbCaigiREw2eIxiI","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigiREw2eIxiI","pdf",15151589,316,"English","en",105,"# Contents\n## 1. A Curious Invitation\n## 2. 'Go and Wake Up Your Luck'\n## 3. Islamic Republic, Yes or No?\n## 4. Following Freya\n## 5. Iran Underground\n## 6. Snow, Sea and the Shah\n## 7. Riding the Revolutionary Road\n## 8. Tehran: Politics, Pollution and Parties\n## 9. All Different, All Relative: Iran's Forgotten Explorer\n## 10. I Fought the Law\n## 11. The Rial Thing\n## 12. Into the Wild\n## 13. Dark Times in the Desert\n## 14. Hotel Nish-Nush\n## 15. Yadz: How Iran Lost Its Religion and Found Air Conditioning\n## 16. Half a Million Martyrs\n## 17. Persepolis: Empire and Excess\n## 18. Shiraz: Poetry and Pomegranates\n## 19. 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