Sabres Of Paradise: Conquest And Vengeance In The Caucasus

The Caucasus?a region of supreme natural beauty and fiercely proud warriors?has throughout history been characterized by violence and turmoil. During the Great Caucasus War of 1834-1859, the warring mountain tribes of Daghestan and Chechnya united under the charismatic leadership of the Muslim chieftain Imam Shamyl, the “”Lion of Daghestan””, and held at bay the invading Russian army for nearly 25 years. Lesley Blanch vividly recounts the epic story of their heroic and bloody struggle for freedom and the life of a man still legendary in the Caucasus

About The Author:

Lesley Blanch, 1904-2007, was at heart a nomad. She travelled extensively and adventurously throughout her extraordinary life although her great passion was always for the Middle East and Russia. Married to the French diplomat and writer, Romain Gary, for 18 years, Blanch became arts features editor of Vogue in the thirties and turned to writing and journalism soon after. She was Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the author of The Sabres of Paradise, Pierre Loti (both Tauris Parke Paperbacks) and the bestselling The Wilder Shores of Love among many others. At the time of her death she was writing her autobiography, the sequel to her acclaimed Journey Into the Minds Eye. An inspiration to generations of writers, readers and travellers, Lesley Blanch was, in the words of Philip Mansel, “”not a school, a trend, or a fashion, but a true original.””

Philip Marsden is an award-winning novelist and writer. His books include The Crossing Place and The Spirit Wrestlers.

Table Of Contents:

New foreword1The time112The setting273Shamyl454The holy war605The time of the shariat706The tzar757The warriors908The Cossacks1049The struggle11210The imam12511Tiflis13912Excess15513Hostage16214Crowns and cupolas17515Shadows on the mountains18916Loyalties20617Voronzov glories22218Dargo23019Treachery24820Hadji Mourad25921The north27822Bariatinsky29323Madame Drancy30224Tzinondali31625The great aoul32226A captivity33927A sacrifice35928A farewell36629An exchange37930A defeat39031Another world41132An acceptance42433An end440

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