num_pages: 383
description: From the author of the bestselling The Dangerous Book for Boys He was born Temujin, the son of a khan, raised in a clan of hunters migrating across the rugged steppe. Temujin’s young life was shaped by a series of brutal the betrayal of his father by a neighboring tribe and the abandonment of his entire family, cruelly left to die on the harsh plain. But Temujin endured—and from that moment on, he was driven by a singular to survive in the face of death, to kill before being killed, and to conquer enemies who could come without warning from beyond the horizon.Through a series of courageous raids against the Tartars, Temujin’s legend grew. And so did the challenges he faced—from the machinations of a Chinese ambassador to the brutal abduction of his young wife, Borte. Blessed with ferocious courage, it was the young warrior’s ability to learn, to imagine, and to judge the hearts of others that propelled him to greater and greater power. Until Temujin was chasing a to unite many tribes into one, to make the earth tremble under the hoofbeats of a thousand warhorses, to subject unknown nations and even empires to his will.
language: English
title: Genghis: Birth of an Empire
titlecomplete: Genghis: Birth of an Empire (Conqueror, #1)
characters: Temüge, Kachiun, Börte Üjin, Khasar, Hoelun, Bekter, Genghis Khan, Yesugei
genres: Historical, Audiobook, Adventure, Novels, Asia, Action, War, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Fantasy
ratings_count: 33129
places: Mongolia
series: Conqueror
awards: awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: ALA Alex Award
publisher: Delacorte Press