Cover of Genghis: Birth of an EmpireB+
FinishedJune 11, 2013
GradeB+
GenreHistorical Fiction
PublisherDelacorte Press, 2007
★ Review · June 11, 2013

Genghis: Birth of an Empire

by Conn Iggulden


I really liked the setting and the story of how he became Genghis Khan.

Publisher Description

From the author of the bestselling The Dangerous Book for Boys Genghis Khan was born Temujin, the son of a khan, raised in a clan of hunters migrating across the rugged steppe. Shaped by abandonment and betrayal, Temujin endured, driven by a singular fury: to survive in the face of death, to kill before being killed, and to conquer enemies who could come without warning from beyond the horizon. Through a series of courageous raids, Temujin’s legend grew until he was chasing a vision: to unite many tribes into one, to make the earth tremble under the hoofbeats of a thousand warhorses, to subject all nations and empires to his will. BONUS: This edition contains excerpts from Conn Iggulden's Genghis: Lords of the Bow and Khan: Empire of Silver.

Where this fits · 2013 reading log
Book 42 of 2013 · the 4th Historical Fiction read of the year.