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Author Weatherford, Jack, 1946-

Title The secret history of the Mongol queens : how the daughters of Genghis Kahn rescued his empire / Jack Weatherford.

Publication Info. New York : Crown Publishers, [2010]
©2010

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Edition First edition.
Description xvii, 317 pages : illustrations, genealogical charts ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [279]-283) and index.
Contents Introduction: The missing chapter -- pt. 1. Tiger queens of the Silk Route, 1206-1241 -- It takes a hero -- The growling dragon and the dancing peacock -- Our daughters are our shields -- Queens at war and commerce -- pt. 2. The shattered jade realm, 1242-1470 -- War against women -- Granddaughters of resistance -- The rabbit demon's revenge -- Daughter of the yellow dragon -- The falling prince and the rising queen -- pt. 3. Wolf mother, 1470-1509 -- The white road of the warrior widow -- Winning the war and raising a husband -- Facing the wall -- Her jade realm restored -- Epilogue: The secrets of history.
Summary A magnificently researched history of the ruling women of the Mongol Empire, this work reveals their struggle to preserve a nation that shaped the world.
Subject Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 -- Family.
Queens -- Mongolia -- History.
Daughters -- Mongolia -- History.
Women -- Mongolia -- History.
Inheritance and succession -- Mongolia -- History.
Mongols -- History.
Mongols -- Biography.
Mongolia -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
Mongolia -- History.
Mongolia -- Biography.
ISBN 9780307407153
0307407152
9780307407160 (pbk.)
0307407160 (pbk.)
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