Caucasus

A Journey in the Crucible of Civilisation

Nicholas Griffin (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

256 Seiten

2001
Headline Review (Verlag)
978-0-7472-3630-6 (ISBN)

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Award-winning writer Nicholas Griffin combines history with travelogue as he explores the Caucasus in search of the legacy of Imam Shamil, 19th century freedom fighter and guru of modern Chechen resistance.

The Caucasus is a jagged land. Sandwiched between the Black Sea, the Caspian Sea, Turkey to the west, Iran to the south and Russia to the north, if the Caucasus didn't already possess the highest mountain range in Europe, the massive political pressure exerted from all sides would have forced the land to crack and rise anyway. Conquered in its time by Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, Tamerlane, Peter the Great, Hitler and Stalin, its history is eventful to say the least. Noah's Ark lies, apparently, on the borders of Armenia; the Garden of Eden can be found in the south of Azerbaijan; and Prometheus was, for his sins, bound and pecked on the peak of a mountain in Georgia. Here, the author combines history with travelogue as he explores the Caucasus in search of the legacy of Imam Shamil, 19th century freedom fighter and guru of the modern Chechen resistance.

Nicholas Griffin is an award-winning novelist. This is his first work of non-fiction.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	12.9.2001
Zusatzinfo	8pp photographs
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	141 x 25 mm
Gewicht	431 g
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Europa
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Asien
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-7472-3630-5 / 0747236305
ISBN-13	978-0-7472-3630-6 / 9780747236306
Zustand	Neuware