ALI PACHA by ALEXANDER DUMAS Alexander Dumas 9781545203804 Books
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Ali thus at thirteen years of age was free to indulge in the impetuosity of his character. From his early youth he had manifested a mettle and activity rare in young Turks, haughty by nature and self-restrained by education. Scarcely out of the nursery, he spent his time in climbing mountains, wandering through forests, scaling precipices, rolling in snow, inhaling the wind, defying the tempests, breathing out his nervous energy through every pore. Possibly he learnt in the midst of every kind of danger to brave everything and subdue everything; possibly in sympathy with the majesty of nature, he felt aroused in him a need of personal grandeur which nothing could satiate. In vain his father sought to calm his savage temper; and restrain his vagabond spirit; nothing was of, any use. As obstinate as intractable, he set at defiance all efforts and all precautions. If they shut him up, he broke the door or jumped out of the window; if they threatened him, he pretended to comply, conquered by fear, and promised everything that was required, but only to break his word the first opportunity. He had a tutor specially attached to his person and charged to supervise all his actions. He constantly deluded him by fresh tricks, and when he thought himself free from the consequences, he maltreated him with gross violence. It was only in his youth, after his father's death, that he became more manageable; he even consented to learn to read, to please his mother, whose idol he was, and to whom in return he gave all his affection. If Kamco had so strong a liking for Ali, it was because she found in him, not only her blood, but also her character. During the lifetime of her husband, whom she feared, she seemed only an ordinary woman; but as soon as his eyes were closed, she gave free scope to the violent passions which agitated her bosom. Ambitious, bold, vindictive; she assiduously cultivated the germs of ambition, hardihood, and vengeance which already strongly showed themselves in the young Ali. "My son," she was never tired of telling him, "he who cannot defend his patrimony richly deserves to lose it. Remember that the property of others is only theirs so long as they are strong enough to keep it, and that when you find yourself strong enough to take it from them, it is yours. Success justifies everything, and everything is permissible to him who has the power to do it." Ali, when he reached the zenith of his greatness, used to declare that his success was entirely his mother's work. "I owe everything to my mother," he said one day to the French Consul; "for my father, when he died, left me nothing but a den of wild beasts and a few fields. My imagination, inflamed by the counsels of her who has given me life twice over, since she has made me both a man and a vizier, revealed to me the secret of my destiny. Thenceforward I saw nothing in Tepelen but the natal air from which I was to spring on the prey which I devoured mentally. I dreamt of nothing else but power, treasures, palaces, in short what time has realised and still promises; for the point I have now reached is not the limit of my hopes." Kamco did not confine herself to words; she employed every means to increase the fortune of her beloved son and to make him a power. Her first care was to poison the children of Veli's favourite slave, who had died before him. Then, at ease about the interior of her family, she directed her attention to the exterior. Renouncing all the habit of her sex, she abandoned the veil and the distaff, and took up arms, under pretext of maintaining the rights of her children.
ALI PACHA by ALEXANDER DUMAS Alexander Dumas 9781545203804 Books
I am not a history expert but I really have doubts in my mind for a book starting by stating that albanians descend from Scythians on one side and Macedonians on the other. That made me continue to read it more like a literary than a historical work.While I am not sure about the accuracy of its content this book is very well-written and easy to read for anyone, not the boring work I feared it to be.
Another reason I am giving it 4 stars is because of the names of the people and places, which were distorted at times beyond recognition. While perhaps to a foreigner one foreign name might sound the same as another, to me as an albanian it was really bothering to read supposedly albanian names not recognising them as such (an example Ali's mother name Hanko which in this book was Kamco) all because of being spelled completely wrong.
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ALI PACHA by ALEXANDER DUMAS Alexander Dumas 9781545203804 Books Reviews
To many names, interesting history, if true. I found it hard to follow the cast of characters. Dissapointing story by Dumas.
This book is a brilliant read. It is full of tales of Murder, Money & Power at the fall of the Turkish Empire. I recommend this highly. Dumas is a amazing writer.
I am not a history expert but I really have doubts in my mind for a book starting by stating that albanians descend from Scythians on one side and Macedonians on the other. That made me continue to read it more like a literary than a historical work.
While I am not sure about the accuracy of its content this book is very well-written and easy to read for anyone, not the boring work I feared it to be.
Another reason I am giving it 4 stars is because of the names of the people and places, which were distorted at times beyond recognition. While perhaps to a foreigner one foreign name might sound the same as another, to me as an albanian it was really bothering to read supposedly albanian names not recognising them as such (an example Ali's mother name Hanko which in this book was Kamco) all because of being spelled completely wrong.
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