Hadji Murad by Count Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy

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Hadji Murad by Count Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy

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Hadji Murad by Count Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy

Tolstoy's novella blends fiction and historical fact to portray a legendary Avar chieftain who switched sides in the nineteenth-century Russo-Caucasian war. Inspired by the author's military service, Hadji Murad offers riveting views of warfare and treason, murder and vengeance, and behind-the-scenes political plotting. An uncharacteristically brief story by the creator of War and Peace, it voices Tolstoy's pacifist beliefs.
This novella also provides a compelling depiction of the Caucasus, a mountainous territory between the Black Sea and the Caspian, prized for its strategic location and natural resources. Located at the crossroads of three empires -- Turkey, Persia, and Russia -- the region has long struggled with incursions by its neighbors and remains a troubled corner of the world to this day. Tolstoy's realistic pictures of life in a war zone raise enduringly relevant issues of life and death.

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ISBN 13 9780486473666
ISBN 10 048647366X
Title Hadji Murad
Author Leo Tolstoy
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Dover Publications Inc.
Year published 2010-02-26
Number of pages 160
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.