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Genghis: Bones Of The Hills (2009)

by Conn Iggulden(Favorite Author)

4.29 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0385339534 (ISBN13: 9780385339537)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Delacorte Press

series

Conqueror

review 1: عظام على الهضابالجزء الثالث من والاخير لجنكيز خان وهذا الجزء مؤلم جدا ،يغير جنكيز اتجاه قواته من الصين الى اسيا الوسطى حيث المدن المسلمة بسبب حماقة حاكم مدينة اطرار ويبدأ الذبح والقتل والمجزار لكل المدن التي تواجه جيش المغول..وانا اقرا مع العلم اني اعرف النهاية تمنيت لو استطاع جلال الدين الفوز لكن للأسف..اسؤ جزء هو مدينة هرات عندما ذبحهم جميعا ،الله يرحمهم اوجعني قلبي لكل هذه المأسي لو استطاعو قتل وانهاء المغول لكانو لم يدمرو ب... moreقية المدن العربية بواسطة هولاكو الكارثة الاخرى التي حلت ع المسلمين..وكان لدي امل بالحشاشين ايضا :(
review 2: Let me just say that I wouldn’t want Genghis Khan to be my father, especially after reading this book. If you don’t look much like him, as in the case of his oldest son, Jochi, he will think you aren’t his son. To toughen you up, he will make you do things that would be considered child abuse today, like making you stand in a freezing lake high up in the mountains. And if you turn against him or disobey him, watch out! It makes no difference whether you’re related to him or not; the punishment is the same.Even knowing this, I still laughed at his choice of heir because it made perfect sense, yet it was highly unlikely for the time period. Classic Genghis.If this really didn’t happen, I would call the Mongol conquest of a large part of the Arab world cliché. It’s so unlikely that it proves truth is stranger than fiction. Filled with amazing battle scenes and vivid descriptions of exotic lands, Conn Iggulden tells an amazing story while educating readers. Genghis: Bones of the Hills is mostly historically accurate and where it isn’t, the changes are actually justified.The character of Genghis is three dimensional and interesting, if not entirely sympathetic. Readers probably will not like him by this book, considering all of the atrocities he commits (although on the other hand, Constantine killed his eldest son and second wife and they still made him a saint), but they will be able to understand his motivations. The same goes for poor Tsubodai, one of his generals, who commits a horrible crime against an old friend of his because of where his loyalties ultimately lie. Conn Iggulden is able to breathe life into these distant historical figures, which is what historical fiction is all about.I give this book 4.5/5 stars, rounded up to 5 stars for Goodreads rating purposes. less

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