Zimmern. Heroic Tales Retold from Firdusi

Today's free book is Heroic Tales Retold from Firdusi the Persian by Helen Zimmern (also published under the title: The Epic of Kings). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi Trust and Google Books.

(etching by L. Alma-Tadema)

Prefatory Poem—Firdusi in Exile
The Shahs of Old
Feridoun
Zal
Zal and Rudabeh
Rustem
The March into Mazinderan
Kai Kaous committeth more Follies
Rustem and Sohrab
Saiawush
The Return of Kai Khosrau
Firoud
The Vengeance of Kai Khosrau
Byzun and Manijeh
The Defeat of Afrasiyab
The Passing of Kai Khosrau
Isfendiyar
Rustem and Isfendiyar
The Death of Rustem