A definitive and sweeping account of the life and times of the world's greatest conqueror--Genghis Khan--and the rise of the Mongol empire in the 13th century
Combining fast-paced accounts of battles with rich cultural background and the latest scholarship, Frank McLynn brings vividly to life the strange world of the Mongols and Genghis Khan's rise from boyhood outcast to world conqueror. McLynn provides the most accurate and absorbing account yet of one of the most powerful men ever to have ever lived.
Frank McLynnis a highly regarded historian and the author of more than twenty critically acclaimed biographies, including
Marcus Aureliusand
Richard & John. A graduate of Wadham College, Oxford, and London University, where he obtained his doctorate, he lives and writes in England.
The Spectator (UK), 6/27/15“[Khan's] was an extraordinary, epic story and Frank McLynn does it full justice in a vivid, page-turning biography.”
Sunday Times (UK), 6/21/15“A formidable study of the world's greatest conqueror. With this compelling history of a brilliant, complex leader and ruthless master of warfare, McLynn has done his man proud.”
Sunday Times (UK), “Must Reads,” 6/28/15“A formidable study of the ruthless Mongolian nomad who carved out an empire.”
The Times (UK), 6/27/15“McLynn has carefully synthesized the work of hundreds of scholars to create a sensitive and immensely detailed portrait of an extraordinary leader.”
Shelf Awareness for Readers, 7/31/15“A staggeringly ambitious biography of history's greatest conqueror…
Genghis Khanis fascinating enough to appeal to any history fan.”
Maclean's, 7/24/15“McLynn's bio of the legendary, brutal conqueror reveals the Mongol'l3ã
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