The first of a major four book series on Genghis Khan, from the author of the number one bestselling Emperor series. Read by Jason Isaacs star of the BBC Drama CASE HISTORIESBonus feature: Includes an exclusive Q&A session between Conn Iggulden and Jason Isaacs.The first of a major four book series on Genghis Khan, from the author of the number one bestselling Emperor series. Read by Jason Isaacs star of the BBC Drama CASE HISTORIESBonus feature: Includes an exclusive Q&A session between Conn Iggulden and Jason Isaacs.'I am the land and the bones of the hills. I am the winter.'Temujin, the second son of the khan of the Wolves tribe, was only eleven when his father died in an ambush.His family were thrown out of the tribe and left alone, without food or shelter, to starve to death on the harsh Mongolian plains.It was a rough introduction to his life, to a sudden adult world, but Temujin survived, learning to combat natural and human threats. A man, a small family, without a tribe was always at risk but he gathered other outsiders to him, creating a new tribal identity. It was during some of his worst times that the image of uniting the warring tribes and bringing the silver people together came to him. He will become the khan of the sea of grass, Genghis.‘Iggulden is in a class of his own when it comes to epic, historical fiction’ Daily Mirror‘Iggulden…tells an absolutely cracking story…the pace is nail-biting and the set dressing magnificent’ The Times‘Iggulden weaves an entertaining tale of this world of men, swords, bows and the call of war and the plains’ Daily Express‘I felt as if a blockbuster movie was unfolding before me…read the book before Hollywood takes it over’ Daily ExpressConn Iggulden is one of the most successful authors of historical fiction writing today. His two number one bestselling series, on Julius Caesar and on the Mongol Khans of Central Asia, describe the founding of the greatest empires of their day. Conn Iggulden lives in Hertfordshire with his wife and their children.• The first book in a major new series from the number one bestselling author of the Emperor series.• Every one of the four hardbacks in the Emperor series were top ten bestsellers, selling more than 80,000 copies each.• From the publishers of Bernard Cornwell and George MacDonald Fraser.Competition: Bernard Cornwell;Simon Scarrow;
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