Book jacket/back: This is the magnificent account of the people of that exotic land, the Caucasus, their heroic leader Shamyl and their courageous thirty year fight to stem the tide of Russian Imperialism. It is also a history of 19th century Russian expansion that does much to explain the Russian character and the foreign policy of the modern-day Soviet Union. But above all it is the incredible story of one man, Shamyl, who personifies freedom fighting single-handed against autocracy and tyranny.
- ISBN10 0704332329
- ISBN13 9780704332324
- Publish Date 1 November 1978 (first published 3 October 1960)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 12 May 1994
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Quartet Books
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 503
- Language English