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The Secret History of the Mongols (Penguin Classics) - Softcover

 
9780241197912: The Secret History of the Mongols (Penguin Classics)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0241197910 ISBN 13: 9780241197912
Verlag: Penguin Classics, 2023

Inhaltsangabe

A new translation of a great historical epic, recounting the turbulent life and times of Chinggis Khan

'Bear the sword and
Hew asunder high and haughty necks
Slash apart all strong and self-willed shoulders'

Born poor into a world of dangers and hardships, Chinggis (or Genghis) Khan would grow up to unify Mongolia and conquer a vast empire stretching from modern-day Beijing to Baghdad. The Secret History of the Mongols, written after Chinggis's death in the thirteenth century, is a great historical saga recounting not only his turbulent life and times, but that of his loved ones, ancestors and heirs. This remarkable new translation of the earliest surviving work written in Mongolian gives insight into a world of warlords, kinship, horses, yurts, shamans and vast landscapes, where bloody battles and violent family conflicts are impelled by Heaven's destiny.

Translated with an introduction by Christopher P. Atwood

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Christopher P. Atwood teaches Mongolian history and civilization at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his doctorate from Indiana University. He has traveled extensively in independent Mongolia and Inner Mongolia. Atwood's previous books include The Rise of the Mongols: Five Chinese Sources and the Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire.

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Verlag
Penguin Classics
Erscheinungsdatum
2023
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0241197910
ISBN 13 
9780241197912
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
480
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