تاريخ النشر: 01/01/2004
الناشر: دار الساقي للطباعة والنشر
نبذة الناشر:In the space of mere twenty years Genghis Khan rallied all the tribes of Mongolia and put Mongol society under a codified set of laws, much admired by Western travellers.
At the head of his superbly disciplined army, he then embarked on the conquest of China. Hardly has Beijing fallen ...to him than he was off again, this time to lay waste to the Middle East.
As the sun set over the land of the Thousand and One Nights, he summoned a famed Taoist to teach him the secrets of ‘long life’ - as if, now that he was master of the world, he wished to conquer other domains than those that could be subjugated by the sword.
‘My descendants will be clad in cloth of gold; they will be mounted on superb charged and embrace the most beautiful young women.
And they will have forgotten to whom they owe all this’.
For once, the man who had never known defeat was wrong.
From the thirteenth century, the Mongol empire has been shrouded in mystery, and legends abound - the name of Genghis Khan is, to this day, synonymous with terror.
Michel Hoang provides a far more subtle, nuanced picture, showing that the ‘bloodthirsty barbarian’ was also a visionary statesman and that behind the Oriental despot lay a strategist of genius.
The book also provides a fascinating insight into Mongol society and culture.
‘Michel Hoang’ is a journalist who writes mainly on international affairs. A specialist on China and South-East Asia, he has published books on both Vietnam and Thailand.
‘This great saga of Central Asia and the Mongol invasions of the early thirteenth century with, at its centre, the legendary figure of Genghis Khan’.- Le Monde إقرأ المزيد