The secret history of the Mongols
Subtitle: the origin of Chinghis Khan : an adaptation of the Yuan chʼao pi shih, based primarily on the English translation by Francis Woodman Cleaves
By: by Paul Kahn.
Contributors: Cleaves, Francis Woodman.
Publisher: North Point Press
Published: 1984
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
Subjects: Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 -- Poetry.; Mongols -- Poetry.
Other titles: Yüan chʻao pi shih.
Description: The secret history of the Mongols is the epic story of the formation of the Mongol empire from the disparate nomadic tribes of Central Asia under the leadership of Chingis Khan (commonly known as Ghengis Khan).
Notes: Bibliography: p. [203]-204.
Adaptation is a long narrative poem, although original text and Cleaves's translation are prose.