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Tom Parfitt: High Caucasus (2023, Headline Publishing Group) 5 étoiles

Emotionally scarred after witnessing the bloody climax of the Beslan school siege in Russia's North …

A simple and beautiful book about a very complex region

5 étoiles

I'm simultaneously jealous of this whole Caucasus mountain trek, and grateful that the author described the scenery, the people he meets and their history in such a generous and humble way. This is not an ethno-study, an adventure book full of swagger or a historical essay, it's journalism in the purest form, with genuine curiosity and a real attachment to a region and its inhabitants.