Books by Edward Fitzgerald

Omar Khayyam (1048-1131) was a Persian poet, philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician on the court of Malik Shah I. Edward Fitzgerald (1809-83) was an English poet and philosopher. His is the first and most famous translation of Omar Khayyam's The Rubaiyat.Rene Bull (1872-1942) was an Irish illustrator. In addition to The Rubaiyat, other major works he illustrated include Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales and The Arabian Nights.