ISBN10: 0553814982, ISBN13: 9780553814989, [publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd, London] Softcover Paperback. The first popular biography of the legendary Mongol emperor and warlord.Genghis Khan - creator of the greatest empire the world has ever seen - is one of history's immortals. In Central Asia, they still use his name to frighten children. In China, he is honoured as the founder of a dynasty. In Mongolia he is the father of the nation. In the USA, Time magazine, voted Genghis Khan 'the most important person of the last millennium'. But how much do we really know about this man? How is it that an unlettered, unsophisticated warrior-nomad came to have such a profound effect on world politics that his influence can still be felt some 800 years later?How he united the deeply divided Mongol peoples and went on to rule an empire that stretched from China in the east to Poland in the west (one substantially larger than Rome's at its zenith) is an epic tale of martial genius and breathtaking cruelty. John Man's towering achievement in this book, enriched by his experiences in China and Mongolia today, is to bring this little-known story vividly and viscerally to life. A biography of the legendary Mongol emperor and warlord. Tells how Genghis united the deeply divided Mongol peoples and went on to rule a tract of land which stretched from China in the East to Poland in the West. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, ...
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Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; <p>John Man is a historian and travel writer with a special interest in Mongolia. After reading German and French at Oxford he did two postgraduate courses, one in the history of science at Oxford, the other in Mongolian at the Sc ISBN 0553814982 9780553814989 [GB]