Click on a thumbnail to go to Google Books.
Loading... Genghis: Birth of an Empire (original 2007; edition 2007)by Conn Iggulden
Work InformationWolf of the Plains by Conn Iggulden (2007)
Books Read in 2020 (639) Loading...
Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This was really good! Temujin grew up the second son of the Kahn of the Wolves. A Mongolian tribe of the grass plains. He was only eleven when his father was killed by Tartars & his family were thrown out of the tribe after a tribe member betrays them & steals the position of Khan. The next few years shaped Temujin's character & instilled a desire to unite the tribes. I loved this story. Conn Iggulden knows how to keep his ausience engaged which is pretty impressive considering the book is 452 pages long. It's well researched & when I wasn't white knuckling the book from the story I was marvelling about aspects of the life in the tribes. Chinggis (Ghengis) Khan had a pretty hard life after his eleventh birthday that shaped his character to what it was. He is a fascinating character & I loved every bit of this book. Roll on book number two!! I was fortunate enough to pick up the Kindle version of this for $1.59. Even if I had paid full price for it, it would have been well worth it. This is one of those few books I simply couldn't put down. I've now bought the next two books and look forward to reading them. What Bernard Cornwell has done for Vikings [The Last Kingdom (2004), The Pale Horseman (2005), The Lords of the North (2006), Sword Song (2007), The Burning Land (2009), Death of Kings (2012)], Conn Iggulden has done for the Mongols. Very enjoyable and highly recommended. no reviews | add a review
Belongs to SeriesConqueror (1) Is contained inAwards
Fiction.
Historical Fiction.
HTML: From the author of the bestselling The Dangerous Book for Boys No library descriptions found. |
Current DiscussionsNonePopular covers
Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)823.92Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 2000-LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |
[bc:The Secret History of the Mongols|59785459|The Secret History of the Mongols|Christopher Atwood|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1667850189l/59785459._SY75_.jpg|94167770]
A much better start. Also search Internet Archive for All about History Issue 71. ( )