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In the fourth book of Conn Iggulden’s Mongol saga, the death of Genghis Khan plunges his family into a brutal succession struggle. Ogedai ascends as khan, while his brothers and grandsons battle for influence and power. As Ogedai establishes the new capital of Karakorum, his armies wage campaigns across Asia and Europe. In the east, Mongol horse archers confront Chinese forces, discovering their effective use of gunpowder. In the west, Tsubodai leads a formidable Mongol army that overran Russian and Polish territories and sacked Hungary’s Buda and Pest, only to be halted by a disastrous message from the capital that safeguards Europe from complete domination. Amid the clash of wills, Iggulden paints a ruthless, historically grounded portrait of a world in turmoil.
First publish date: 2010
Genre: Historical Fiction/Medieval Historical Fiction
Authors: Conn Iggulden
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