Conqueror
A Novel of Kublai Khan

"أخبر كل شخص تلتقيه أنه يجب أن يعطيني زوجاته وبناته ليصبحن لي بالاضافة إلي ثروته وبذلك فقط يمكنه أن يحافظ علي حياته وأخبرهم إن أغلقت مدينة أو قرية أو حتي منزل سيحل الدمار بالجميع إلي أن تبكي الأرض من شدة الألم...!" من القائل؟ مفيش غيره..أكيد هولاكو:) الغزاة..الجزء الخامس والأخير من السيرة الملحمية لقائ......more

I have mixed feelings regarding the final book of Conqueror, one of my favorite historical fiction series. I’m starting to think that there’s a real curse contained within five books series that haunts me. I don’t even know why or how this happens, but I’m never left completely satisfied by the concl......more

Conn Iggulden’s latest book chronicles the life of Kublai Khan, son of Tolui, grandson of Genghis Khan. A warrior who would rule a fifth of the world with strength and wisdom. A scholar who conquered an empire larger than those of Alexander or Caesar. A brother who betrayed his own to protect a nation......more

5 books, all 5*'s. By far the best historical fiction series I've read. The thing CI gets is balance. He doesn't try to minimize the raw violence which was the Mongolian horde but he doesn't make them into mindless killers either. They have hopes, dreams, families, fears, needs and endure physical a......more

I thought, like many other readers that this was a great conclusion to the series, which surprisingly is, from the top of my head, the first historical fiction series that I have finished that has a large number of books in it. Many of the historical fiction have actually been standalones, or having......more