The Secret History of the Mongol Quee..., Jack Weatherford
The Secret History of the Mongol Quee..., Jack Weatherford
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The Secret History of the Mongol Queens
How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire

Author: Jack Weatherford

Narrator: Robertson Dean

Unabridged: 10 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/16/2010


Synopsis

The Mongol queens of the thirteenth century ruled the greatest empire the world has ever known. Yet sometime near the end of the century, censors cut a section from The Secret History of the Mongols, leaving a single tantalizing quote from Genghis Khan: “Let us reward our female offspring.” Only this hint of a father’s legacy for his daughters remained of a much larger story.

The queens of the Silk Route turned their father’s conquests into the world’s first truly international empire, fostering trade, education, and religion throughout their territories and
creating an economic system that stretched from the Pacific to the Mediterranean. Outlandish stories of these powerful queens trickled out of the empire, shocking the citizens of Europe and the Islamic world.

At the conclusion of his magnificently researched and groundbreaking narrative, Jack Weatherford notes that the deeds of these Mongol queens inspired great artists from Chaucer and Milton to Goethe and Puccini, and so their stories live on today. With The Secret History of the Mongol Queens, Weatherford restores the queens’ missing chapter to the annals of history.

About The Author

Jack Weatherford is the New York Times bestselling author of Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World; Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World; The Secret History of the Mongol Queens; and The History of Money, among other acclaimed books. A specialist in tribal peoples, he was for many years a professor of anthropology at Macalaster College in Minnesota and divides his time between the US and Mongolia.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Alice on May 23, 2016

In my opinion, the author deserves even more credit for this book than "Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World", simply because historians tend to play down women's contribution to shaping the world in official records. His mere efforts to glue together a chunk of Mongolian history related......more

Goodreads review by Bryn on February 23, 2013

This is, or has, both speculative history and history told as story--as per his first on the Mongols, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World. Perhaps I found more quibbles with this one. For instance, his dissolute Ogodei doesn't square with the kindly drunk portrayed in Juvaini Genghis Kha......more

Goodreads review by Dori Jones on November 11, 2010

Okay, I'm obsessed with the Mongol Empire. Otherwise, why would I write a novel about a princess who lived in that era? But this book really captured my imagination. Most of us think of "barbarians" and "plunder" when we hear the words "Mongol" or "Genghis Khan." But did you know that Genghis Khan ga......more

Goodreads review by Caroline on January 25, 2015

This is how you write historical non-fiction. This is definitely how you write about badass women in history. I honestly feel kind of bad as a feminist for not knowing about Mongol women earlier. Not that the early Mongols were feminists, per se, but the treatment and history of women is so vastly di......more

Goodreads review by Beka on May 25, 2012

I have probably recommended this book to more people than any other book I have read in the past year. In part, this is because it is extremely readable and easily accessible even to people who have no knowledge of Central Asia or its history, but mostly it is because its subject matter is so fascin......more


Quotes

“Uplifting, entertaining history.”Kirkus Reviews