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Michael Prawdin (1894–1970)

Author of The Mongol Empire: Its Rise And Legacy

19 Works 117 Members 4 Reviews 1 Favorited

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Includes the names: Prawdin Michael, Michael Prawdin

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Michael Prawdin was the pseudonym of Michael Charol.

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Canonical name
Prawdin, Michael
Legal name
Charol, Michael
Birthdate
1894-01-20
Date of death
1970-12-23
Gender
male
Nationality
Russia
Occupations
historian
biographer
Short biography
According to his publisher, Michael Prawdin was born in the Ukraine in 1884. He studied in Germany and was a literary critic.
Disambiguation notice
Michael Prawdin was the pseudonym of Michael Charol.

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A Sisyphean synopsis of the Steppe, Michael Prawdin burned the midnight oil in piecing together a narrative history of the successive Empires which burst from Asia's center and wrecked havoc on most of the occupied world. What hubris predicated this screed? A pronouncement from the Kingdom of Heaven led this intrepid narrative, across the rolling terrain.

So, Jenghiz Khan, the first badass Khakan, boss of all bosses, decided to test fortune by bashing the Chinese in the face. The Chinese wary of the sublime albeit lethal cavalry, retreat to fortified positions. Jenghiz aka Genghis uses wits and some unfortunate cats and swallows, which coating with oil turns the buggers into incendiary devices.

Weirder still is the initial dispatches making their way to Europe via the Silk Road. People thought the Christian armies of the mythic Prester John of India were coming west to fight the Muslims occupying the so-called Holy Lands. Not exactly. Kiev was erased for its impudence.

This continues, involves disputes of succession, finding JK's famed grandson Kublai the Emperor of China as well as Khakan. Eventually across most of their ranks animism gives way to Islam and the Asian world is changed indelibly. This is not Braudel. There is no annotation here. It is a gripping enterprise.

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jonfaith | 1 other review | Feb 22, 2019 |
Beginning with Temujin, of course the four generations of the Central Asian Empire are laid out. The prose is clear, but it is very much a standard account.
 
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