Rusudan

Rusudan (1927)
by Harold Lamb

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Extracted from Adventure, 1 May 1927, pp. 84–156. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent

Something about the Georgians from Harold Lamb, in connection with his story.... Rusudan herself was very much alive at the time of the story. Between the brief lines of the Georgian Chronicle and the annals of the Mongols, we catch an impression of her high courage and beauty.... Perhaps she was the only woman in the thirteenth century to face the Mongols squarely, on the battlefield and—after the Georgian alliance with the Mongols—in council. Or, for that matter almost the only ruler west of the Gobi who braved them and survived. [More in the Discussion page]

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The Princess of the Steppe and the Mongol Horde

Rusudan

A COMPLETE NOVELETTE

BY
HAROLD LAMB

"Rusudan," copyright, 1927, by Harold Lamb.

In one day the veil shall be torn from the temple, and the chests of the miser be rent open; then women’s tongues shall be silent, and a fool will mourn loudly, and friend shall look upon friend, unspeaking—for one day is a thousand years.—ARAB PROVERB

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