Thanks to their strong survival skills and to difficult decisions made along the way, not only do Temujin and his brothers survive, but they begin to gather some of the other exiled peoples to them, to form their own tribe, and so the legend that becomes Genghis Khan is born. When Temujin's father dies as a result of an act of treachery, his brothers, mother and sister are exiled from their tribe, left to die in the harsh wilderness of their home land. That doesn't mean to say that the books aren't enjoyable and aren't happy, but they are very much stories of triumph over lots of adversity. Our story starts out with death, and quickly moves on to exile and survival, so please don't go into these books expecting a nice, safe, happy story.

His new novel, Wolf of the Plains, is the much anticipated beginnings of the Conqueror series on Genghis Khan and his descendants an epic story brought brilliantly to life.Īs much as I love reading about European history, and I do, every now and again a change of setting is appreciated, and it is fair to say that I haven't read any historical fiction set in Mongolia before! His non fiction book, The Dangerous Book for Boys, co-authored with his brother, was the most talked about bestseller of the year. He will become the khan of the sea of grass, Genghis.Ĭonn Iggulden burst onto the scene with Emperor, his series on Julius Caesar. It was during some of the worst times that the image of uniting the warring tribes and bring the silver people together came to him. He gathered other outsiders to him, creating a new tribal identity. It was a rough introduction to his life, to a sudden adult world, but Temujin survived, learning to combat natural and human threats. His family were thrown out of the tribe and left alone, without food or shelter, to starve to death on the harsh Mongolian plains. Temujin, the second son of the khan of the Wolves tribe, was only eleven when his father died in an ambush. I am the land and the bones of the hills. Unlike the last two letters where I reposted reviews of books that I have really loved, this time I am choosing to focus on the letter C in two different ways - the author is Conn Iggulden, and the series is known as the Conqueror series about Genghis Khan, and these are new reviews! It is time for the next post in Historical Tapestry's Alphabet in Historical Fiction.

Conn iggulden conqueror series review