The Sabres of Paradise: Conquest and Vengeance in the Caucasus by Lesley Blanch

The Sabres of Paradise: Conquest and Vengeance in the Caucasus

Lesley Blanch

512 pages • first pub 1960 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative reflective slow-paced
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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 unit...

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