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His empire stretched from the Pacific Ocean to central Europe, including all of China, the Middle East, and Russia. So how did an illiterate nomad rise to such colossal power and subdue most of the known <u class="showmore_hide">world, eclipsing Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and Napoleon? Credited by some with paving the way for the Renaissance, condemned by others for being the most heinous murderer in history, who was Genghis Khan? His actual name was Temujin, and the story of his success is that of the Mongol people: a loose collection of fractious tribes who tended livestock, considered bathing taboo, and possessed an unparalleled genius for horseback warfare. United under Genghis, a strategist of astonishing cunning and versatility, they could dominate any sedentary society they chose. 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, describes Temujin's rise from boyhood outcast to becoming Genghis Khan, and provides the most accurate and absorbing account yet of one of the most powerful men ever to have lived.</u><span class="showmore_showlink">… (<a href="#" onclick="showMore('u_53b05871');">more</a>)</span></div class="" ></td></tr></table></div><div id="workpagesort_10" class="quickedit light flipped"><div class="nav"><div class="sectionhead_rbutcontainer"><span style="font-size:9px;font-weight:normal;"><a value="all members" value="all members" class="func_lt2_display_ui lt2button btn ltbtn-button-float-right btn-tiny btn-default" type="button" role="button" href="/work/15743368/members/" ><span class="btntxt">all members</span></a></span></div><span class="navInfoTitle"><span class="divotBig" onclick="LibraryThing.work.handleSectionHide(this, 'members', 'u_4022dafb', '0');"><span class="chdivot" style="font-size:9px;vertical-align:bottom;">▼</span></span>Members</span><span class="sectionTitleST"></span></div><div class="qelcontent" id="u_4022dafb" style="display:block;"><table class="wstable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td class="label memberlistLabel"><span style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">Recently added by</span></td><td class="wide memberlistvalue" id="u_b7bf96be"><a href="/profile/ZePenz">ZePenz</a>, <a href="/profile/krazykylebooks">krazykylebooks</a>, <a href="/profile/kurben">kurben</a>, <a href="/profile/luismoran">luismoran</a>, <a href="/profile/jkellner">jkellner</a>, <a href="/profile/KriRand70">KriRand70</a>, <a href="/profile/Shinanoki">Shinanoki</a>, <a href="/profile/kentm241">kentm241</a>, <a href="/profile/Agrippa">Agrippa</a>, <a href="/profile/Charna19">Charna19</a></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="workpagesort_20" class="quickedit light flipped"><div class="nav"><div class="sectionhead_rbutcontainer"><button id="u_b6b163c1_snb" value="numbers" value="numbers" class="func_lt2_display_ui lt2button btn ltbtn-button-float-right btn-tiny btn-default" type="button" role="button" onclick="tagcloud_showTagNumbers('u_b6b163c1'); 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return false;">votes</a></div>Showing 5 of 5 </div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_232272509" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/15743368" data-workid="15743368" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0306823950.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0306823950.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0306823950.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"></div>Got about 15% through this book. Way too deeply detailed for me, at least in this phase of my life. Maybe I’ll pick it up again someday, who knows...</div><div id="rfd_232272509" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_232272509"> </span> </span><!-- reviewVoteInfo --><span class="reviewFlags"> <img id="rfi1_232272509" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"> <img id="rfi2_232272509" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"><span id="rfrf_232272509"> </span></span></span> <!-- reviewMods --><span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/steve02476" target="_top">steve02476</a> | Jan 3, 2023 | <a href="/review/232272509"><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/permalink.gif" width="16" height="7"></a></span> <!-- controlItems --></div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_220090900" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/15743368" data-workid="15743368" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0306823950.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0306823950.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0306823950.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"></div>To be fair to McLynn, he is treading already pioneered ground with <i>Genghis Khan: The Man Who Conquered the World</i> (big claim but hey! Hyperbole works). So necessarily, he attempts to maneuver away from the established precedent of maps and mind games to present a different Genghis Khan. What he ends up doing though is providing a saucy story of sorts interspersed with the occasional historic fact. So what good is his book then?<br><br>In my humble opinion, McLynn provides an intermediate level biography of Khan and the factors which led him to <i>conquer the world</i> (borrowing from the title-note, I did not mention 'entire') which does away with the cobweb latticed perfunctory histories of years past while also avoiding the grandiose child of destiny narrative foisted upon the world by 21st century historians. <br><br>Is this the most authentic/most relevant biography of Temujin? That would be too daring a claim to make given humanity is always upgrading. But to McLynn's credit, he provides a trailblazing history of sorts which disallows the reader from getting bored. So overall, much nuanced reconstruction of the past augmented with a thrilling rendition of Genghis as an everyday commander. <span class="rating">( <img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/ss10.gif"> )</span></div><div id="rfd_220090900" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_220090900"> </span> </span><!-- reviewVoteInfo --><span class="reviewFlags"> <img id="rfi1_220090900" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"> <img id="rfi2_220090900" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"><span id="rfrf_220090900"> </span></span></span> <!-- reviewMods --><span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/Amarj33t_5ingh" target="_top">Amarj33t_5ingh</a> | Jul 8, 2022 | <a href="/review/220090900"><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/permalink.gif" width="16" height="7"></a></span> <!-- controlItems --></div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_196261391" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/15743368" data-workid="15743368" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0306823950.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0306823950.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0306823950.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"></div>Though ostensibly a biography of Genghis Khan, this is actually a book that tracks the ascendancy of the Mongol “nation” from the childhood of Temugen through his death and the subsequent rule of his sons and grandsons. <br><br>While I am sure this book is impeccably researched, I’ve got to say it is virtually unreadable. It is a near stream of consciousness recitation of East Asian place names and personalities that is impossible to follow. Despite several very general maps in the front of the book, the map of China is completely useless when trying to follow the narratives which describe the various Mongol campaigns. The Middle East and European maps, while marginally better, are also lacking. <br><br>A collection of small maps, widely scattered throughout the book would have been extremely helpful in trying to follow the text. Unfortunately, no maps, no ability to understand the maneuvers described by the author. In addition, the author employs a VERY informal writing style which becomes irritating at times, even ascribing supernatural and magical causes for many of the Mongol exploits. <br><br>Possibly the most disappointing “biography” I have encountered, and I’ve read dozens. <span class="rating">( <img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/ss3.gif"> )</span></div><div id="rfd_196261391" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_196261391"> </span> </span><!-- reviewVoteInfo --><span class="reviewFlags"> <img id="rfi1_196261391" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"> <img id="rfi2_196261391" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"><span id="rfrf_196261391"> </span></span></span> <!-- reviewMods --><span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/santhony" target="_top">santhony</a> | Feb 23, 2021 | <a href="/review/196261391"><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/permalink.gif" width="16" height="7"></a></span> <!-- controlItems --></div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_179883856" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/15743368" data-workid="15743368" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0306823950.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0306823950.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0306823950.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"></div><i>Genghis Khan: His Conquests, His Empire, His Legacy</i> by Frank McLynn is a detailed history of Asia's most famous ruler. McLynn is a British author, biographer, historian and journalist. He is noted for critically acclaimed biographies of Napoleon Bonaparte, Robert Louis Stevenson, Carl Jung, Richard Francis Burton and Henry Morton Stanley. He was Alistair Horne Research Fellow at St Antony's College, Oxford (1987–88) and was visiting professor in the Department of Literature at the University of Strathclyde (1996–2001) and professorial fellow at Goldsmiths College London (2000–2002) before becoming a full-time writer<br><br>There is hardly a person who has not heard the name Genghis Khan. The Mongols have been a namesake to rock bands and biker gangs. They both invoke powerful images of violence, discipline, empire, and military conquest. He was a man that lived eight hundred years ago but has one of the most detailed histories of the period. This is the second biography and history of the Mongols I have read and at 704 pages, it was much shorter than the other biography I read. There is certainly not a lack of information on Genghis Khan. <br><br>Like Ivan IV of Russia and Machiavelli, their negative information in common culture far exceeds any positive information. The truth of the matter is different. Although the Mongols under Genghis Khan were responsible for many massacres, they had rules. For example, they highly valued diplomatic emissaries and to kill one was a great insult. They openly accepted and valued new religions in their lands. However, the killing of all the residents of the city over ten years old, except for select artisans and harem women is true. Genghis Khan did deploy a “surrender or die” ultimatum to cities. Those that did not surrender were destroyed. Those that did surrender and came to a tribute agreement were left alone. Gaining land without losing warriors was always preferred. Trade became important too with the agreement with the Venetians and bringing the Silk Road under Mongol control. <br><br><i>Genghis Khan</i> cover the life of Temujin from his birth to his rise to Khan of all Khans. The road was not easy it is a story of alliances, friendships, and conquests in small steps. It is also a story of creating a society under laws and codes and balancing that with dictatorial rule. One of his first tasks as Khan was to set up a civil government and military. Genghis Khan used meritocracy to fill in the ranks. It was not uncommon for shepherds to become military leaders based on experience. Many rules of the society were practical for people living on the steppes. Rules around running water were interesting in what was considered polluting it. Water had an almost supernatural quality to it for the people of the steppes. A wide variety of “crimes” carried the death penalty on the steppes including polluting running water, slaughtering animals in an improper way, assisting an escaped slave, adultery, and horse thievery. <br><br><br>The author offers some interesting information on the way the westward expansion stopped. Having conquered the east to the Pacific Ocean, the westward expansion stopped in Europe. There are many theories discussed in the book on why the Mongols did not continue, but one strikes me as the most interesting. The Mongols were practical people. They lived and conquered on the steppes, it was their universe. The forests of Europe to them would be considered a wasteland to them. The land was not useful to their way of life and they saw no reason to fight for it. That, however, is only one of many theories. <br><br>McLynn gives a very detailed, but very readable history of Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire. The book contains information on troops, captured, treasures, military tactics, and information that seems to come from government records on the numbers of animals, economic, and even environmental information. The history cover Temujin life and the empire through Kublai Khan and the final conquest of China. Very well worth the read for the historical insight and an understanding of the people. <br> <span class="rating">( <img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/ss8.gif"> )</span></div><div id="rfd_179883856" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_179883856"> </span> </span><!-- reviewVoteInfo --><span class="reviewFlags"> <img id="rfi1_179883856" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"> <img id="rfi2_179883856" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"><span id="rfrf_179883856"> </span></span></span> <!-- reviewMods --><span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/evil_cyclist" target="_top">evil_cyclist</a> | Mar 16, 2020 | <a href="/review/179883856"><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/permalink.gif" width="16" height="7"></a></span> <!-- controlItems --></div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_122954338" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/15743368" data-workid="15743368" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0306823950.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0306823950.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0306823950.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"></div>Anyone with a serious interest in the early Mongolian empire should definitely read this book. It is broader than a typical biography, including great detail not only on the life of Genghis Khan, but also on other noted Mongols of the time, battles, administrative issues, etc. Genghis Khan is covered in the greatest depth, of course, but it also relates the reign of his successor, Ogedei, and in lesser detail, the next great khan, Guyuk.<br><br>One of the strengths of this book is the willingness of the author to admit that on certain subjects, there are varied opinions, which he gives. Alison Weir argued in her book <i>The Princes in the Tower</i> the "The historian's job is to weigh the evidence available, how ever slim and circumstantial, and then -- on the balance of probabilities -- reconstruct what probably happened." Especially if the evidence is slim, I think the readers are much better served by historian like McLynn who let them see the ambiguities and uncertainties. Sometimes he follows this with his own opinion, and sometimes he simply leaves it as unknowns. Even so there are controversies even beyond what he touches on, e.g., just how many women did Genghis Khan have? McLynn puts the figure at over five hundred, all told, others have said fifty, others four or five.<br><br>I also commend McLynn for being able to see things from multiple sides. He can honestly admire the military skills of the various Mongol generals, while still lamenting the terrible casualties that resulted from their success.<br><br>In the end, he concludes that Genghis Khan and his minions were not unusually cruel, just unusually successful, but they contributed nothing novel to the world, although they created a situation in which many cultures interacted. <span class="rating">( <img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/ss10.gif"> )</span></div><div id="rfd_122954338" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_122954338">1</span> <img title="1 member found this review helpful" id="rvi_122954338" alt="vote" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/voteup-y.gif"></span><!-- reviewVoteInfo --><span class="reviewFlags"> <img id="rfi1_122954338" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"> <img id="rfi2_122954338" 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Kennedy (1963-11-22), Battle of Hoth' ><div class='fwikiItem divevents'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/events/Mongol+Empire">Mongol Empire</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --></td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_movies"></a>Related movies</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_43790f1f' itemType='1' itemNum='15743368' fieldType='37' name='u_43790f1f' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '0' fieldName = 'movies' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Blade Runner (1982), The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Three Musketeers (1993)' ><div class='fwikiItem divmovies'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" editVal="" ></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --></td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <!-- <tr>--> <!-- <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_awards"></a>--><!--</td>--> <!-- <td>--><!--</td>--> <!-- </tr>--> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_epigraph"></a>Epigraph</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_52944df5' itemType='1' itemNum='15743368' fieldType='28' name='u_52944df5' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '0' fieldName = 'epigraph' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'The work's epigraph, "a phrase, quotation, or poem that is set at the beginning of a document or component." ' ><div class='fwikiItem divepigraph'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --></td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_dedication"></a>Dedication</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_6867e042' itemType='1' itemNum='15743368' fieldType='30' name='u_6867e042' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'dedication' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Author's dedication' ><div class='fwikiItem divdedication'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >To the four important<br>Ladies in my life:<br>Pauline, Julie, Lucy, Ellen</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --></td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_firstwords"></a>First words</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_5e92c3b7' itemType='1' itemNum='15743368' fieldType='25' name='u_5e92c3b7' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'firstwords' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'The first sentence of the work.' ><div class='fwikiItem divfirstwords'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >Central Asia is allegedly the cradle of so much -- Neaderthal Man, nomadic pastoralism, warfare itself, even UFO sightings -- but it is all but useless as an explanatory concept in history.</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --></td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_quotations"></a>Quotations</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_58868461' itemType='1' itemNum='15743368' fieldType='27' name='u_58868461' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '0' fieldName = 'quotations' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Well-known, relevant or interesting quotations from the work; Quotation marks are unnecessary.' ><div class='fwikiItem divquotations'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --></td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_lastwords"></a>Last words</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_7fd7a753' itemType='1' itemNum='15743368' fieldType='26' name='u_7fd7a753' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'lastwords' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'The last sentence of the work. Content will be hidden unless clicked.' ><div class='fwikiItem divlastwords'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" id="u_101e4636" style="display: none; min-height:12px;" >And it was the Franciscans who first made contact with the Mongols and brought back an amazing story that will endure as long as mankind itself: the career of Genghis Khan.</div><a href="javascript:showHiddenfieldcontent('u_101e4636')" id="link_u_101e4636">(Click to show. 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