Hadji Murad - by Leo Tolstoy (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A simmering feud between Russians and Chechens boils over into a bloody war in this critically acclaimed novella, which draws upon the legends surrounding the Avar warrior chieftain known as Hadji Murád.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>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, <i>Hadji Murád</i> offers riveting views of warfare and treason, murder and vengeance, and behind-the-scenes political plotting. An uncharacteristically brief story by the creator of <i>War and Peace, </i> it voices Tolstoy's pacifist beliefs. <br>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Famed as the author of <i>War and Peace</i> and <i>Anna Karenina, </i> Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) was born into the Russian aristocracy. Although <i>Hadji Murád</i> was published posthumously in 1912, its genesis began in the 1850s, when Tolstoy witnessed many of the dramatic incidents recounted in his novella.
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