The secret history of the Mongol queens : how the daughters of Genghis Khan rescued his empire /
Jack Weatherford Jack Weatherford.
Bok Engelsk 2010
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| Utgitt | New York : : Crown Publishers, , c2010.
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| Omfang | xvii, 317 p. : : ill., map ;
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| Utgave | 1st ed.
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| Opplysninger | The missing chapter -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- The secrets of history.. - A history of the ruling women of the Mongol Empire, this work reveals their struggle to preserve a nation that shaped the world.
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| Geografisk emneord | |
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| ISBN | 0307407152. - 9780307407153
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