Between love and honor

Alexandra Lapierre

Amazon Crossing

2012

536 páginas

17h 52m

ISBN-13: 9781611091458

In 1839, after decades of conflict, the Russian army and the Muslims of Chechnya are on the verge of a truce. To prove his commitment to peace, warrior chief Imam Shamil offers a hostage: his son Jamal Eddin. But once the truce is signed, the Russians spirit Jamal Eddin back to Russia, where Czar Nicholas “adopts” the boy.