Omar Khayyam's most famous book is the Rubaiyat. He was a great Persian poet, philosopher, mathematician and astronomer. The Wisdom of Omar Khayyam consists of translations of 365 quatrains from the Rubaiyat.
The life of Omar Khayyam, the 11th Century Persian poet who wrote The Rubaiyaat, chronicling his adventures and romances. The novel is in two parts, the second describing the manner in which the manuscript reached the West.
"Weaving together the biographies of two poets separated by some eight-hundred years, Robert Richardson brings to life one of the most famous-- and ancient works of poetry in all existence"--Front jacket flap.