pickBook 2 of the Conqueror series, continues the story of Genghis Khan and his conquest of Chin. The battle scenes in the book are a particular highlight as they explore Genghis Khan's strategies and leadership skills. A great amount of research has gone into this work and Iggulden's writing is crisp as he makes all characters come alive.
pickGenghis Khan has always been an enigmatic ruler for me. This is book one of The Conqueror series. Fast-paced with crisp writing. Never a dull moment.
Now currently reading the next book 'Lords of the bow“ and it gets better. 🤘
pickThe title is somewhat misleading, at least to me it suggested that it would be about Genghis Khan's wives, but actually it's more about the women around him, a wife, daughters, daughters-in-law, a slave.
These women weren't all queens by title, but they were definitely queens by their strength and attitude. I enjoyed reading their stories and finding out about what happened in their lives when men went to conquer.
pickThis is a very interesting book that gave me a totally different perspective about the Mongol conquests. It‘s not a big history book but it packs a punch and once again makes me realize that much of my schooling was basically propaganda.
pickThis is the first ever English translation from Chinese of Jin Yong‘s classic historical fantasy tale of kung fu masters and evil empires by Anna Holmwood. Originally published in 1958 (the first in a quartet), it has an action-driven, energetic plot and although the portrayal of grumpy kung-fu masters seems stereotypical now, it was innovative at the time and there‘s a lot of fun to be had in seeing the various masters compete with each other.
pickThis was a much better choice for #Tajikistan than the other book. Iggulden‘s books are always meticulously researched, well-written, and interesting. While Genghis Khan and the Mongols do get a lot of page time when it comes to nonfiction, their empire doesn‘t seem to get a lot of historical fiction love and I find the culture and time period fascinating. #readingasia2021 (3 books to go for the challenge!)
so-soDon‘t start a book by stating there‘s almost no documentation on the mongol queens & then write a narrative history! There are no in-text citations and it really drags in some places. Genghis Khan left huge parts of his empire to his daughters, who were systematically butchered & tortured by their brothers. The brothers lose everything. It takes another woman to try to piece it back together after decades of corruption and cruelty. 2/5 stars
pickI can't believe I have read 2 books about Genghis Khan this year (when I knew next to nothing about him prior to this year 😂)! This one also covers Genghis Khan's descendants and how they helped shape China and the rest of the world.
Read this for #readingasia2021 . It covers alot of countries but I think I will be using it for #Uzbekistan as this was one of the places that Genghis conquered
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