Peter Nasmyth has lived in and traveled extensively throughout Georgia for twenty years. Georgia in the Mountains of Poetry is his fascinating account of this intriguing country, based on his travels and hundreds of wide-ranging interviews. Now in its fourth edition and priced for a general readership, it remains the only comprehensive book on Georgia’s history and culture written for the general reader. Substantially revised and expanded for this new edition, Georgia is essential reading for anyone interested in this fascinating region, as well as for students and researchers looking for an insight into life after the collapse of the old Soviet order in the richest and most dramatic of its former republics.