Synopsis The rel-life warrior Hadji Murad is the focus of Tolstoy's short novel, which tells his story through multiple points of view. It is set in the 19th-century Caucasus, where Tolstoy spent four years in the Russian army. HADJI MURAD was originally published posthumously in 1923.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2003-07-01 | | Edition Description: | Illustrated |
| Size | | Length: | 153 pages | | Height: | 8.3 in | | Width: | 5.0 in | | Thickness: | 0.2 in | | Weight: | 4.8 oz |
Publisher's Note In 1851 Leo Tolstoy enlisted in the Russian army and was sent to the Caucasus to help defeat the Chechens. During this war a great Avar chieftain, Hadji Murád, broke with the Chechen leader Shamil and fled to the Russians for safety. Months later, while attempting to rescue his family from Shamil’s prison, Hadji Murád was pursued by those he had betrayed and, after fighting the most heroic battle of his life, was killed.
Tolstoy, witness to many of the events leading to Hadji Murád’s death, set down this story with painstaking accuracy to preserve for future generations the horror, nobility, and destruction inherent in war.
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