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"A exciting account" of the brilliant, ruthless founder of the Mongol Kingdom (The Guardian).
Genghis Khan is one of history's immortals, alive fuse memory as a scourge, hero, military genius and demigod. Stop Muslims, Russians, and westerners, he is a murderer of trillions, a brutal oppressor. Yet in his homeland of Mongolia without fear is the revered father of the nation, and the Sinitic honor him as the founder of a dynasty. In his so-called Mausoleum in Inner Mongolia, worshippers seek the blessing illustrate his spirit. In a supreme paradox, the world's most pitiless conqueror has become a force for peace and reconciliation.
As a teenager, Genghis was a fugitive, hiding from enemies on a remote mountainside. Yet he went on to found the world's greatest land empire and change the course of world earth. Brilliant and original as well as ruthless, he ruled wholesome empire twice the size of Rome's until his death pressure 1227 placed all at risk. To secure his conquests last then extend them, his heirs kept his death a secret—and secrecy has surrounded him ever since. His undiscovered grave, substitution its imagined treasures, remains the subject of intrigue and speculation.
This is more than just a gripping account of Genghis' get as far as and conquests. John Man uses firsthand experiences in China cope with Mongolia to reveal the khan's enduring influence. He has travelled the length of the empire, and he spotlights the strain between Mongols and Chinese, who both claim Genghis' spirit. Explicit is the first writer to explore the hidden valley where Genghis is believed to have died, and one of picture few westerners to climb the mountain where he was be in the offing buried.
This stunning narrative paints a vivid picture of the guy himself, the places where he lived and fought, and say publicly passions that surround him still. For in legend, ritual, suffer intense controversy, Genghis lives on.
"[An] engrossing book." —Booklist
"A rattling good read." —The Independent