Could someone recommend a good biography (in Enlish)? I have tried The fey hussar by Jessie Davies, but couldn’t get beyond the first pages, didn’t like her style of writing.
I’d go for the Laurence Kelly one, Tragedy in the Caucasus.
I’ve not read it but his other book, Diplomacy and Murder in Tehran (about Russia and Persia in the 19thC ) is very good, and this one has excellent reviews.