Brave with Beauty: A Story of Afghanistan

This book tells the story of Queen Goharshad, a fifteenth-century monarch who ruled from Herat in western Afghanistan, then a Timurid artistic and cultural center. During her rule, poetry, music, calligraphy, painting, and science flourished. A poet and architect herself, Goharshad designed notable buildings. The account centers on her leadership and achievements in a period of cultural and artistic life in Afghanistan.