num_pages: 512
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Sabres of Paradise: Conquest and Vengeance in the Caucasus
titlecomplete: The Sabres of Paradise: Conquest and Vengeance in the Caucasus
genres: 19th Century, Biography, History, Historical, Islam, Russia, War, Nonfiction, Travel, Literature
ratings_count: 224
publisher: Tauris Parke Paperbacks