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The Sabres of Paradise: Conquest and Vengeance in the Caucasus

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The Sabres of Paradise: Conquest and Vengeance in the Caucasus

English | ISBN:9780993092725 | 2015 | 600 pages | PDF,EPUB | 5.2 MB

Biography of supreme Muslim chieftain and military leader, Imam Shamyl, the ‘Lion of Daghestan’ fighting in the eastern Caucasus from 1834-59, by the late author and distinguished traveller, Lesley Blanch, MBE. It took six years to complete, with research done in Russia and the Caucasus, including tracing his descendants in Turkey and Egypt. Also a historical narrative, there are beautiful descriptions of the Caucasus — a region of supreme natural beauty and mighty mountain ranges — and the campaigns in which Lermontov and Tolstoy participated.