Oliver Bullough's Let Our Fame be Great: Journeys Among the Defiant Peoples of the Caucasus is the extraordinary untold story of the inhabitants of the Caucasus and their unbreakable spirit. The Caucasus mountains are a land of jagged peaks and rugged people, who for over 200 years have rebelled against Russia's attempts to add them to its empire. Oliver Bullough's extraordinary debut tells their story for the first time. Travelling from remote village to refugee camp, rocky mountain gorge to forgotten massacre site, he ...
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Oliver Bullough's Let Our Fame be Great: Journeys Among the Defiant Peoples of the Caucasus is the extraordinary untold story of the inhabitants of the Caucasus and their unbreakable spirit. The Caucasus mountains are a land of jagged peaks and rugged people, who for over 200 years have rebelled against Russia's attempts to add them to its empire. Oliver Bullough's extraordinary debut tells their story for the first time. Travelling from remote village to refugee camp, rocky mountain gorge to forgotten massacre site, he discovers exiles, fighters, lost sects, defiant survivors - and an unbreakable spirit. 'With this impassioned volume Bullough has struck a blow for the glory of the Caucasus and helped to give voice to the voiceless' Justin Marozzi, Financial Times 'Gripping stories that tell of the terrible things that happen to people caught up in constant warfare ... Now their stories are sung by a champion and will resound beyond their boundaries' The Times 'A haunting portrait of a people blown to the winds by a forgotten storm' Economist 'Wonderful, moving' Norman Stone 'Brilliant ... Bullough draws you irresistibly into his narrative, fusing reportage, history and travelogue in colourful, absorbing prose ... The book is a pleasure' Spectator 'Grand, furious' Sunday Times Books of the Year 'Let its fame be great' Scotsman Oliver Bullough (b. 1977) studied modern history at Oxford University and moved to Russia in 1999. He lived in St Petersburg, Bishkek and Moscow over the next seven years, working as a journalist first for local magazines and newspapers, and then for Reuters news agency. He reported from all over Russia and the former Soviet Union, but liked nothing more than to work among the peoples and mountains of the North Caucasus.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 496 p. Contains: Halftones, black & white, Maps. Audience: General/trade. LCCN 2010901944 Type of material Book Personal name Bullough, Oliver, 1977-Main title Let our fame be great: journeys among the defiant people of the Caucasus / Oliver Bullough. Published/Created New York: Basic Books 2010. Description xi, 496 p., [16] p. of plates: ill., maps (some col. ); 25 cm. ISBN 9780465021840 (hc. ) 0465021840 (hc. ) LC classification DK509. B795 2010b Summary Explores the history and people of the Caucasus, recounting the resilience of the native peoples of the area despite historical invasions, persecutions, and warfare--Source other than Library of Congress. Contents Introduction: Let us live in freedom--Pt. 1. THE CIRCASSIANS, 1864. Are you not a Circassian? --We share happiness, we share sadness--I give thee that little bird--Three hundred prime-bodied Circassians--The Caucasus Mountains are sacred to me--Extermination alone would keep them quiet--A pear tree in the mountains--Here lived the Circassians--The Circassians do not appear in this list--Pt. 2. THE MOUNTAIN TURKS, 1943-4. A red gramophone--A dirty animal--Three little boys--The double-headed mountain--I always fought against the class enemies--Liquidate the bandit group--The 'unnation' was a new phenomenon--Playing Stalin--Pt. 3. GROZNY, 1995. War is war, but to behave in that way is not right--A Muslim submissive to the will of God--The Imam and the princesses--Fire is better than shame--The old man Shamil--People should not return ever--This is all for the sake of Allah--Everyone was scared of them--My sons were killed--Pt. 4. BESLAN, 2004. We offer you peace, and the choice is up to you--I cannot even raise my eyes towards them--It was all for nothing--The hard shackles of evil--I have become no one--There is no need for this any more--Postscript: The boy who chose an orange, not a gun. LC Subjects Bullough, Oliver, 1977---Travel--Caucasus. Caucasus--History. Caucasus--Social conditions. Caucasus--Description and travel. Other Subjects Bullough, Oliver, 1977---Travel. Caucasus--History. Caucasus--Social conditions. Caucasus--Description and travel. Notes Color maps on lining papers. Includes bibliographical references (p. [463]-476) and index. Geographic area code e-urk--Other system no. (OCoLC)ocn500820368
