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Books On Genghis Khan?

#1 User is offline   Cyfer 

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Posted 04 October 2009 - 05:39 PM

I was wondering if anyone here knew any good books on Genghis Khan. Non-fiction.

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Posted 05 October 2009 - 04:00 PM

I haven't a clue, personally - I have NEVER read anything on him or studied him in any way - so you're way beyond me on this one!


Clicking round the web:
Frank E Smith - an amateur historian, but an accurate one who publishes a lot on the web for free - recommends (obviously the books on which he most based his webpage):
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, by Jack Weatherford

Genghis Khan, by R.P. Lister, Stein & Day, 1969

Genghis Khan, the Emperor of all Men, by Harold Lamb, 1927

Most websites seem to favour Weatherford, but one also mentions
Genghis Khan: His Life and Legacy by Paul Ratchnevsky

and another suggests:
Genghis Khan: Conqueror of the World by Leo de Hartog

The Encyclopaedia Britannica bibliogrpahy on Genghis Khan is very erudite.


Have you considered watching one of these movies?
Genghis Khan (1965) - Epic with Omar Sharif.
Mongol (modern - in tesco's now) - first of a trilogy, this one deals with his early life.

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Posted 05 October 2009 - 05:57 PM

thanks.

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