It is Kublaiâ?refined and scholarly, always considered too thoughtful to take powerâ?who will devise new ways of warfare and conquest as he builds the dream city of Xanadu.
CONQUEROR â?A rip-roarinâ? read, and inspiration to go and sack a few cities on your own.â?â?Kirkus Reviews A succession of ruthless leaders have seized power in the wake of the Great Khanâ?s deathâ?all descendants of Genghis, but none with his indomitable character. Soon the most powerful man in the world must choose a successor, touching off the most bitter conflict of all. But another battle is taking shapeâ?between two of Genghisâ?s feuding sons. Shah Ala-ud-Din Mohammed has under his command thousands of fierce Arab warriors, teeming cavalry, and terrifying armored elephants.
From the co-author of - USA Today - Library Journal - As Genghis enters a strange new land of towering mountains and arid desert, he stirs an enemy greater than any he has met before.
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