Harold Lamb. Genghis Khan: Emperor of All Men

Цитата:
Lamb's histories all read more like historical fiction. He piques your interest and keeps it from the opening page to the very end. Although not a scholarly study of the Great Khan, the book informs as well as entertains.

CONTENTS
Foreword
THE MYSTERY

Part I
Chapter
I. THE DESERT -*..--ig
II. THE STRUGGLE TO LIVB 25
III. THE BATTLE OF THE CARTS 35
IV. TEMUJ1N AND THE TORRENTS 45
V. WHEN THE STANDARD STOOD ON GUPTA - 55
VI. PRESTER JOHN DIES ----- 65
VII. THE YASSA -------73

Part II
VIII. CATHAY ------ -8l
IX. THE GOLDEN EMPEROR ... go
X. THE RETURN OF THE MONGOLS 98
XI. KARAKLORUM - - - - - -IO4

Part III
XII. THE SWORD-ARM OF ISLAM - - - 113
XIII. THE MARCH WESTWARD - - - 1 22
XIV. THE FIRST CAMPAIGN - - - - 1 29
XV. BOKHARA - - - - - - -136
XVI. THE RIDE OF THE ORKHONS - 146
XVII. GENGHIS KHAN GOES HUNTING- - - 154
XVIII. THE GOLDEN THRONE OF TULI - - * 1 62
XIX. THE ROAD MAKERS - - - - * 170
XX. THE BATTLE ON THE INDUS - - - 1 8O
XXI. THE COURT OF THE PALADINS - l88
XXII. THE END OF THE TASK - - - 192

Part IV
I. THE MASSACRES --..-
II. PRESTER JOHN OF ASIA - ... 212
III. THE LAWS OF GENGHIS KHAN - 214
IV. THE NUMERICAL STRENGTH OF THE
MONGOL HORDE - - - - - 2l8
V. THE MONGOL PLAN OF INVASION - - 221
VI. THE MONGOLS AND GUNPOWDER - - 224
VII. THE CONJURERS AND THE CROSS - - 228
VIII. SUBOTAI BAHADUR V. MIDDLE EUROPE - 229
IX. WHAT EUROPE THOUGHT OF THE MONGOLS 236
X. CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN MONARCHS AND THE MONGOLS * 239
XI. THE TOMB OF GENGHIS KHAN - - 243
XII. YE LIU CHUTSAI, SAGE OF CATHAY - - 245
XIII. OGOTAI AND HIS TREASURE ... 248
XIV. THE LAST COURT OF THE NOMADS - - 252
XV. THE GRANDSON OF GENGHIS KHAN IN
THE HOLY LAND - .... 265
BIBLIOGRAPHY ...... 267
INDEX --.--... 277

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