Unbelievably good this marked the first time I finished reading Iggulden’s work, and it’s VERY promising that this will become one of my favorite series. Now that Genghis has united the Mongols, we look forward to the conquest of the world.more I do not know how much firsthand experience the author has of the Mongolian steppe, but it rings true. The story is vivid, fast and brutal, with a high body count. The gang of teenagers who gathered around him soon became expert killers, and the rest is history – or will be in the succeeding volumes. By the age of eleven Genghis’s father had been murdered and he was an outlaw on the Mongolian steppe. Wolf of the Plains is the first of the Conqueror series, devoted to the boyhood and youth of the future Genghis (or Temujin as he is known throughout this book). I loved this book! It is an extremely gripping narrative while providing the reader with an accurate picture of the historical events of the time, thereby promoting learning while reading. The language is simple English with some actual Mongolian words used for commonplace objects to provide the necessary historical effect. The narrative's focus shifts to other characters' perspectives from time to time if their separate activities are significant in advancing the plot. I loved this book! It is an extremely gripping narrative while providing the reader with an accurate picture of the histor The author writes in third person with the center of the narrative being the main character. The author writes in third person with the center of the narrative being the main character. Until Temujin was chasing a vision: 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. 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.
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And so did the challenges he faced-from the machinations of a Chinese ambassador to the brutal abduction of his young wife, Borte.
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Through a series of courageous raids against the Tartars, Temujin's legend grew. But Temujin endured-and from that moment on, he was driven by a singular fury: 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. Temujin's young life was shaped by a series of brutal acts: the betrayal of his father by a neighboring tribe and the abandonment of his entire family, cruelly left to die on the harsh plain.
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He was born Temujin, the son of a khan, raised in a clan of hunters migrating across the rugged steppe.
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But Temujin en From the author of the bestselling "The Dangerous Book for Boys" 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.