Wolf of the Plains (Conqueror, Book 1) - Hardcover

Iggulden, Conn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0007201745 ISBN 13: 9780007201747

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2007

Synopsis

The brand new novel from the No.1 bestselling author of Emperor, his series on Julius Caesar. His new novel, ‘Wolf of the Plains’, is the much anticipated beginning of the Conqueror series on Genghis Khan and his descendants. It is a wonderful, epic story which Conn Iggulden brings brilliantly to life.

'I am the land and the bones of the hills. I am the winter.'

Temujin, the second son of the khan of the Wolves tribe, was only eleven when his father died in an ambush. His family were thrown out of the tribe and left alone, without food or shelter, to starve to death on the harsh Mongolian plains.

It was a rough introduction to his life, to a sudden adult world, but Temujin survived, learning to combat natural and human threats. A man, a small family, without a tribe was always at risk but he gathered other outsiders to him, creating a new tribal identity. It was during some of his worst times that the image of uniting the warring tribes and bringing the silver people together came to him. He will become the khan of the sea of grass, Genghis.

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Review:

‘Iggulden is in a class of his own when it comes to epic, historical fiction’ Daily Mirror

‘Iggulden...tells an absolutely cracking story...the pace is nail-biting and the set dressing magnificent’ The Times

‘Iggulden weaves an entertaining tale of this world of men, swords, bows and the call of war and the plains’ Daily Express

‘I felt as if a blockbuster movie was unfolding before me...read the book before Hollywood takes it over’ Daily Express

From the Publisher:

A major new series on Genghis Khan from the number one bestselling co-author of `The Dangerous Book For Boys'

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0007201745
• ISBN 13: 9780007201747
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 464