Kurzbeschreibung Saladin remains one of the most iconic figures of his age. As the man who united the Arabs and saved Islam from Christian crusaders in the 12th century, he is the Islamic world’s preeminent hero. Ruthless in defence of...

"Gobi: Tracking the Desert" von John Man ist ein faszinierendes Sachbuch, das sich mit der Erkundung und Geschichte der Wüste Gobi befasst. Der Autor, ein erfahrener Historiker und Abenteurer, nimmt die Leser mit auf eine spannende Reise...

The people of the first nomadic empire left no written records, but from 200 BC they dominated the heart of Asia for 400 years. They changed the world. The Mongols, today's descendants of Genghis Khan, see them as ancestors. Their rise...

The first nomadic empire and the making of China has its story told with meticulous research and new archaeological evidence, weighing in on the civilisation who left no written records but dominated Asia for four-hundred years, with the...

John Man is a historian with a special interest in Mongolia. He has travelled widely across the lands that formed the Mongol Empire, becoming one of the few Western writers to explore the hidden valley where Genghis may have died, climb...

The authoritative biography of the greatest Mongol warlord, from the author of "Genghis Khan" and "Attila". He inherited the second largest land empire in history from his grandfather, Genghis Khan, and was the man who remade China. von...

John Man is a historian and travel writer with a special interest in Mongolia. After reading German and French at Oxford he did two postgraduate courses, one in the history of science at Oxford , the other in Mongolian at the School of...

An authoritative and rich history of the remarkable Xiongnu culture-a lost empire which preceded the Mongols and even China itself. The author of landmark histories such as Genghis Khan, Attila, and Xanadu invites us to discover a...

John Man is a historian and travel writer with a special interest in Mongolia. After reading German and French at Oxford he did two postgraduate courses, one in the history of science at Oxford, the other in Mongolian at the School of...