Iggulden’s Genghis series is shaping up as a triumph of historical fiction. Since publication of 'The Gates of Rome', Conn has written a further thirteen books including the wildly successful 'The Dangerous Book for Boys'. Married with three children, he lives in Hertfordshire.

Borrowing from history and legend, Iggulden reimagines the iconic conqueror on a more human scale-larger-than-life surely, but accessible and even sympathetic. Born in London, Conn Iggulden read English at London University and worked as a teacher for seven years before becoming a full-time writer. The Mongols’ insatiable quest to conquer drives the narrative, but Iggulden deftly weaves several intriguing character-driven subplots into the saga, including tales of sibling rivalry between Genghis’s two eldest sons and the cupidity of a powerful and enigmatic shaman. Aided by his brothers Kachiun and Khasar, Genghis strikes first against the Xi Xia Kingdom south of the Gobi Desert-a route into China that circumvents the Great Wall. Here, Genghis turns to the conquest of the “bloated, wealthy” cities of the Chin, or Chinese, Kingdom. In the debut volume, the Great Khan rises from the barren plains of central Asia to unify the scattered Mongol tribes into a nation. Now the acclaimed author of Genghis: Birth of an Empire delivers a masterful new novel of the mighty Mongol conqueroras Genghis Khan sets out to unify an entire continent under his rule. , continues his masterful series on Genghis Khan (following Genghis: Birth of an Empire Conn Iggulden’s novels are grand historical tales of conquest and vengeance, cruelty and greatness. The gathering of the tribes of the Mongols has been a long time in coming but finally, triumphantly, Temujin. The second in the bestselling new Conqueror series on Genghis Khan, it is a wonderful, epic story which Conn Iggulden brings brilliantly to life. Iggulden, coauthor of the megaseller The Dangerous Book for Boys The action-packed second novel in the No. The brand new novel from the No.1 bestselling author of Emperor, his series on Julius Caesar.

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