The sabres of paradise /

The sabres of paradise /

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Author / Creator:Blanch, Lesley, author.
Imprint:New York : Viking Press, [1960]
Description:xii, 495 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Language:English
Subject:
Shāmil, -- Imām, -- 1798?-1871.
Shāmil, -- Imām, -- 1798?-1871.
Dagestan (Russia) -- History.
Russia (Federation) -- Dagestan.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/912125
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 485-488) and index.
Other form:Online version: Blanch, Lesley. Sabres of paradise. New York, Viking Press [1960]
Online version: Blanch, Lesley. Sabres of paradise. New York, Viking Press [1960]
Online version: Blanch, Lesley. Sabres of paradise. New York, Viking Press [1960]
Standard no.:B6017441
Table of Contents:
  • The time
  • The setting
  • Shamyl
  • The Holy War
  • "The time of the Shariat"
  • The Tzar
  • The warriors
  • The Cossacks
  • The Struggle
  • The Imam
  • Tiflis
  • Excess
  • Hostage
  • Crowns and cupolas
  • Shadows on the mountains
  • Loyalties
  • Voronzov glories
  • Dargo
  • Treachery
  • Hadji Mourad
  • The North
  • Bariatinsky
  • Madame Drangy
  • Tzinondali
  • The great Aôul
  • A captivity
  • A sacrifice
  • A farewell
  • An exchange
  • A defeat
  • Another world
  • An accepance
  • An end.

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