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Twelve Secrets in the Caucasus (Paperback)
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Twelve Secrets in the Caucasus (Paperback)
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"Essad Bey, the sickly son of an oil millionaire from Baku,
Azerbaijan, receives permission from his father to spend the summer
with his "milk brother" (that is, with whom he was nursed by the
same Caucasian nanny) Ali Khan, passing the holiday in his home
village in the wild Caucasus. So the two set out, under the custody
of a wise attendant, into an archaic world in which chivalry
counted more than buying power and poets were more highly regarded
than princes - into a country in which, as a kind of curiosity shop
of world history, all that is outlived and forgotten was loyally
preserved." This is Essad Bey's second book, which was first
published in English in 1931. In it the author draws upon his
Oriental imaginative powers, conjuring a vast panorama of the
Caucasus, its people and customs. The result is a fresh and densely
atmospheric work, even if not always laying claim to scientific
accuracy. Often adding a touch of imagination, the author succeeds
in bringing the heart and soul of this archaic world to life, which
he had himself experienced and learned to love as a child.
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