The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire (Audio)
A magnificently researched history of the ruling women of the Mongol Empire, revealing their struggle to hang on their patrimony and to preserve their nation.Jack Weatherford tells the gripping story, lost ot history until now, of the female heirs of the Mongol Empire. He beings with the six...
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A magnificently researched history of the ruling women of the Mongol Empire, revealing their struggle to hang on their patrimony and to preserve their nation.Jack Weatherford tells the gripping story, lost ot history until now, of the female heirs of the Mongol Empire. He beings with the six daughters of Genghis Kahn and the traces their royal families through 250 years of upheaval as the empire tore itself apart, pitting brother against sister and son against mother.
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ISBN:
9780307705471 (0307705471)
Publish date: February 16th 2010
Publisher: Random House Audio
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Cultural,
Book Club,
War,
Politics,
Asia,
Womens,
China,
World History
My mom gave me this book, after reading it herself. She knows I've always been drawn to the Mongols, perhaps due to a past life experience (if you believe in that sort of thing), or perhaps because my fathers German - as far as we can trace back - family has distinctly Asian features. I've been aske...
I found this one to be worth finding, full of things I had never found out before, and one that blew most of my notions about the Mongols right out of the water. For those of you who think that history is dull, this book just might change your mind. Well written, with plenty of stories to fire your ...
The second of Weatherford's books on the Mongol empire. This one uses a focus on women's roles, including leadership, as a lens for understanding Mongol history in relation to European and Asian history. Moral: It bites to be female, even if you're a queen.
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