Stars over Samarkand: Lightning Bayazet. White Horse
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Stars over Samarkand: Lightning Bayazet. White Horse
19.99 €
Amir Timur intends to add another sweet morsel to his vast domains—China, where the emperor, Taizong, a formidable persecutor of Muslims, recently died, and his heir has not yet secured his throne. But the ruler of the world is troubled by the growing grandeur of the Ottoman Empire. And Sultan Bayezid the Lightning is not a neighbor he can safely leave behind while turning his armies to the East. Before China can be subdued, Turkey must be brought to heel. The world will shed many more tears and blood at the behest of its ruler, but the stars in the sky laugh at the plans of their rulers...
Sergey Borodin's sweeping historical saga about the great conqueror who subjugated countries from Hindustan to the Mediterranean with his iron fist is the fruit not only of the author's in-depth study of the history, everyday life, and customs of the era, but also of his sincere love for the East and its rich cultural heritage. Striving for an accurate and objective depiction of Timur's reign, the writer traveled the roads along which the Iron Lame led his armies. He traveled to Italy, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey, North Africa, Yugoslavia, and worked in the book depositories of Egypt, Turkey, and Tunisia. He spent many hours in the famous Vatican Library in Rome. The work continued for over twenty years, and the result was a series of novels, the fourth of which the writer never completed. But "Stars over Samarkand" shone brightly in the literary firmament, and nothing has yet eclipsed its power in artistically depicting the era and its fidelity to historical sources.
This edition includes the third novel in the series: "Lightning Bayazet" and chapters from the unfinished novel "White Horse."
Sergey Borodin's sweeping historical saga about the great conqueror who subjugated countries from Hindustan to the Mediterranean with his iron fist is the fruit not only of the author's in-depth study of the history, everyday life, and customs of the era, but also of his sincere love for the East and its rich cultural heritage. Striving for an accurate and objective depiction of Timur's reign, the writer traveled the roads along which the Iron Lame led his armies. He traveled to Italy, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey, North Africa, Yugoslavia, and worked in the book depositories of Egypt, Turkey, and Tunisia. He spent many hours in the famous Vatican Library in Rome. The work continued for over twenty years, and the result was a series of novels, the fourth of which the writer never completed. But "Stars over Samarkand" shone brightly in the literary firmament, and nothing has yet eclipsed its power in artistically depicting the era and its fidelity to historical sources.
This edition includes the third novel in the series: "Lightning Bayazet" and chapters from the unfinished novel "White Horse."
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series Russian Literature. Big Books
- Все книги цикла Stars over Samarkand
