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"Elegiac, quirky, readable, deeply knowledgeableĀ .Ā .Ā . The best cultural-historical introduction to that tempestuous land," the Georgian republic. (Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of
The Romanovs)
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Georgia has been called the world's most beautiful country, yet little is known about it beyond its borders. This topical and vital book by Peter Nasmyth, the "ideal chronicler" ( Literary Review) is the much-celebrated introduction to Georgia's remarkable people, landscape, and culture. Over its 3,000-year-old history, Georgia has been ruled by everyone from the Greeks to the Ottomans, became a coveted part of the Russian Empire for a hundred years, and was incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1921. Ā Since gaining independence in 1991, Georgia has undergone a dramatic socioeconomical and political transformation, and although its political situation remains precarious, Georgia's strong sense of nationhood has reinvigorated the country. Vivid and comprehensive, Nasmyth's Georgia: In the Mountains of Poetry is a unique eyewitness account of Georgia's rebirth and creates an unforgettable portrait of its remarkable landscape, history, people and culture. Ā Offering fascinating insights into the life of ordinary and high profile Georgians, it is essential reading for anyone who wants to know more of this astonishing place.
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"The best book on post-Soviet GeorgiaĀ .Ā .Ā . Nasmyth is prepared to take risks?hanging out with mafiosi and walking through minefields to reach that part of western Georgia that has bloodily secededĀ .Ā .Ā . a riveting portraitĀ .Ā .Ā . powerfully evocative." ā Independent
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"It would be difficult to read Nasmyth's quirky, entertaining, informative, sometimes surreal book without having an impulse to ring a travel agent and ask for flights to Tblisi." ā Literary
Review
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Georgia has been called the world's most beautiful country, yet little is known about it beyond its borders. This topical and vital book by Peter Nasmyth, the "ideal chronicler" ( Literary Review) is the much-celebrated introduction to Georgia's remarkable people, landscape, and culture. Over its 3,000-year-old history, Georgia has been ruled by everyone from the Greeks to the Ottomans, became a coveted part of the Russian Empire for a hundred years, and was incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1921. Ā Since gaining independence in 1991, Georgia has undergone a dramatic socioeconomical and political transformation, and although its political situation remains precarious, Georgia's strong sense of nationhood has reinvigorated the country. Vivid and comprehensive, Nasmyth's Georgia: In the Mountains of Poetry is a unique eyewitness account of Georgia's rebirth and creates an unforgettable portrait of its remarkable landscape, history, people and culture. Ā Offering fascinating insights into the life of ordinary and high profile Georgians, it is essential reading for anyone who wants to know more of this astonishing place.
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"The best book on post-Soviet GeorgiaĀ .Ā .Ā . Nasmyth is prepared to take risks?hanging out with mafiosi and walking through minefields to reach that part of western Georgia that has bloodily secededĀ .Ā .Ā . a riveting portraitĀ .Ā .Ā . powerfully evocative." ā Independent
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"It would be difficult to read Nasmyth's quirky, entertaining, informative, sometimes surreal book without having an impulse to ring a travel agent and ask for flights to Tblisi." ā Literary
Review
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface to the fourth edition
- Map of Georgia
- Map of the Caucasus
- PART I: PRE-INDEPENDENT GEORGIA
- PART II: INDEPENDENT GEORGIA
- Further Reading:
- Index
- About the Author