Journey to the Caucasus
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A forgotten masterpiece from the author of The Three Musketeers! Alexandre Dumas, a tireless adventurer who fled to Russia from his Parisian creditors, embarks on a daring three-month journey through the empire's true powder keg—from Kizlyar to Poti—at the height of the Caucasian War in 1858–1859.
While the legendary Imam Shamil prepared for his final battle in Gunib, Dumas, with the voraciousness of a pioneer, studied the life of the mountaineers, risked his life on dangerous trails, found himself in firefights, and feasted with princes. His impressions are an explosive mix of romance, mortal danger, and incredible encounters against the backdrop of a war that shatters lives.
"Journey to the Caucasus," whose most striking chapters are included in this edition, reads with no less excitement than "The Count of Monte Cristo": here, the author himself becomes the hero of his incredible plot, in which reality appears more fantastical than the boldest fiction. This is not a dry report, but a lively, passionate diary of a genius of the adventure novel, caught in the thick of real-life drama, and one of the most compelling books written by a foreign author about Russia.
While the legendary Imam Shamil prepared for his final battle in Gunib, Dumas, with the voraciousness of a pioneer, studied the life of the mountaineers, risked his life on dangerous trails, found himself in firefights, and feasted with princes. His impressions are an explosive mix of romance, mortal danger, and incredible encounters against the backdrop of a war that shatters lives.
"Journey to the Caucasus," whose most striking chapters are included in this edition, reads with no less excitement than "The Count of Monte Cristo": here, the author himself becomes the hero of his incredible plot, in which reality appears more fantastical than the boldest fiction. This is not a dry report, but a lively, passionate diary of a genius of the adventure novel, caught in the thick of real-life drama, and one of the most compelling books written by a foreign author about Russia.
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