Bantam Genghis: Birth of an Empire

L'auteur est un vrai historien qui fait beacoup de recherches avant d'écrire.Pourtant le livre se lit comme un roman. C'est à dire que ce n'est jamais ennuyeux. Nous avons acheté tous les livres de cet auteur.

This book, Wolf of the Plains, is the first in a series of 5 books about Ghengis Khan and the Mongols. I read this book after I had read the next 3 books in the series, Bones of the Hill, Lords of the Bow, and Empire of Silver. There is another book in the series called, Conqueror, which I plan to also read. This historical fiction series is about the Mongols of Asia and the rise and fall of their leader Ghengis Khan. As a fiction Iggulden takes literary freedom to entertain the reader. Most historical narratives, it can be argued, are written through the eyes of the author and present the authors side of the history. At least if it is written as historical fiction, we can accept some variances in actual facts. We can be entertained as we get an education of the rise of Ghengis Khan. Iggulden does a masterful job of piecing this story into an epic read. He goes to great length to describe the harsh life of the plains of north east Asia. When Ghengis' father is killed and his family is ousted from the tribe of wolves, they must eke out a survival under the most dire of conditions. The survival of the family and rise of Ghengis as a uniting force of disparate Mongols to combat common foes is a great read. The brutal life leads to a brutal Ghengis. Expect blood and merciless killing but do not condemn the book or series based on descriptive battles. This was the harsh reality of the times and location. Reading this book out of sequence did not distract from what was revealed in the following books. The reader should read this book first but it is more important to read the remaining books in sequence.

I read this book years ago and it’s a great read so I was excited to buy this one to complete my collection of the conqueror series and the delivery was surprisingly fast, but it arrived in a horrible condition. The packaging itself had no visible damage but the book seemingly had some water or moisture damage, and the edges of the cover was bent/broken, in addition the cover seems to be peeling itself apart. Really disappointed of the condition and quality off this supposedly “new” book.

Well written, easy to read.

Book is worth while to read and to know the bravery, cleavery, war tactics. Though he has killed more people than any one in the word. I have read some where that due such killing 10% of CO2 was reduced from atmosphere in the world. Thanks.