As I’ve mentioned before, Temujin’s natural instinct lies in his strength, charisma, and ruthlessness he’s simply a natural-born leader following the footsteps of his father: Yesugei. I truly think that Iggulden’s excelled as his characterizations of Temujin and his family in this book, especially for his brothers and parents they are all so well-fleshed out characters with a personality that’s distinctive from each other. He cared nothing for possessions or wealth, only that his enemies fall.”

“His childhood experiences created the man he would become, who would not bend or allow fear or weakness in any form. What I found to be very intriguing was although it’s true that the sign of Temujin’s tendency for ruthlessness appeared since he was a child, it was the harsh events, lessons, and circumstances forced upon him that shaped and forged that trait towards its maximum potential. It was super engrossing, shocking and, interesting to read Temujin’s growth and developments. I found Iggulden’s decision to start Temujin’s story from the time he was still twelve years old to be an incredibly clever choice. Birth of an Empire depicts Temujin’s coming-of-age story Iggulden expertly shows the contrast between his childhood and his legends. As much as I’d love to say that I know about Genghis Khan, I have to admit that my knowledge about him only goes as far as his terrifying ruthlessness and legacy of conquest I didn’t know about his birth, background, and what led to his legends. Genghis Khan, born Temujin, has been dead for almost a thousand years now, and yet his story and legends still live on. This is a historical fiction series about Genghis Khan’s rise to power and if I’m not mistaken, eventually leading to his death and legacy. Genghis: Birth of an Empire, alternatively called Wolf of the Plains, is the first installment in Conn Iggulden’s Conqueror series. The boy, Temujin, was never cruel, and there is no record of him ever taking pleasure from the destruction of his enemies, but he was capable of utter ruthlessness.”

And so here we are and my god, I seriously didn’t expect it to be this great. For years I’ve been interested in reading his books, and from what I’ve gathered, his Conqueror series seems to be the most often regarded as his best works by his readers. Unbelievably good this marked the first time I finished reading Iggulden’s work, and it’s VERY promising that this will become one of my favorite series.Ĭonn Iggulden isn’t exactly an unfamiliar name to me despite the fact that he’s most well-known for his historical fiction works, Iggulden’s blurbs have been featured on some of my favorite fantasy books such as The Faithful and the Fallen series by John Gwynne and The Realm of the Elderlings series by Robin Hobb, to name a few. Published: 2nd January 2007 by Harper Collin (UK) & 1st May 2007 by Delacorte Press (US) Genghis: Birth of an Empire by Conn Iggulden

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