The secret history of the Mongol queens
By: Jack Weatherford.
Publisher: Crown Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780307407153
Subjects: 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
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The missing chapter; title: pt. 1. Tiger queens of the Silk Route, 1206-1241; title: It takes a hero; title: The growling dragon and the dancing peacock; title: Our daughters are our shields; title: Queens at war and commerce; title: pt. 2. The shattered jade realm, 1242-1470; title: War against women; title: Granddaughters of resistance; title: The rabbit demon's revenge; title: Daughter of the yellow dragon; title: The falling prince and the rising queen; title: pt. 3. Wolf mother, 1470-1510; title: The white road of the warrior widow; title: Winning the war and raising a husband; title: Facing the wall; title: Her jade realm restored; title: Epilogue: The secrets of history.