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A formidable study of the world's greatest conqueror. With this compelling history of a brilliant, complex leader and ruthless master of warfare, McLynn has done his man proud -- Justin Marozzi Sunday Times McLynn has carefully synthesised the work of hundreds of scholars to create a sensitive and immensely detailed portrait of an extraordinary leader The Times A vivid, page-turning biography Spectator Fuses classic biography with a colourful study of medieval Mongolian culture ... recounts in detailed, elegant prose the life and legacy of one of history's greatest monsters Sunday Telegraph Immensely readable -- Gerard DeGroot The Times

This powerful and comprehensive study of the great Mongol takes your breath away with the sheer scale and fury of the man's conquests and cruelties. Told with chilling relish -- Melvyn Bragg * Observer Books of the Year * A formidable study of the world's greatest conqueror. With this compelling history of a brilliant, complex leader and ruthless master of warfare, McLynn has done his man proud -- Justin Marozzi * Sunday Times * McLynn has carefully synthesised the work of hundreds of scholars to create a sensitive and immensely detailed portrait of an extraordinary leader * The Times * A vivid, page-turning biography * Spectator * Fuses classic biography with a colourful study of medieval Mongolian culture ... recounts in detailed, elegant prose the life and legacy of one of history's greatest monsters * Sunday Telegraph *

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Frank McLynn is a highly regarded historian, who specialises in biographies and military history. He has written over 20 books, including critically acclaimed biographies of Napoleon and Richard the Lionheart. Other books include 1066, Stanley, 1759, and Marcus Aurelius. He is a graduate of Wadham College, Oxford, and London University, where he obtained his doctorate.

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