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...

"Saladin: The Life, the Legend and the Islamic Empire" von John Man ist eine Biografie über Salah ad-Din, besser bekannt als Saladin, den berühmten muslimischen Herrscher und Militärführer des 12. Jahrhunderts. Das Buch bietet einen...