The Kindness of Enemies

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I am very grateful to the following for their feedback, advice and, at times, inspiration:

Arzu Tahsin, Elisabeth Schmitz, Katie Raissian

Stephanie Cabot

Dr. Christine Laennec, Professor Michael Syrotinski

Vimbai Shire

Khadijah Knight, Bruce Young, Zvezdana Rashkovich, Natalia Fadlalla

Nadir Mahjoub

For researching the life of Imam Shamil, these books were the most helpful:

The Shining of Daghestani Swords in Certain Campaigns of Shamil, by Muhammad Tahir al-Qarakhi (translated by Ernest Tucker and Thomas Sanders)

Highlanders, by Yoáv Karny

Let Our Fame Be Great, by Oliver Bullough

Captivity of Two Russian Princesses in the Caucasus, by H. Sutherland Edwards

The Sabres of Paradise, by Lesley Blanch