{"product_id":"the-secret-history-of-the-mongol-queens-how-the-daughters-of-genghis-khan-rescued-his-empire","title":"The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\"A fascinating romp through the feminine side of the infamous Khan clan\" (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e) by the author featured in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eEchoes of the Empire: Beyond Genghis Khan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\"Enticing . . . hard to put down.\"--Associated Press\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Mongol queens of the thirteenth century ruled the largest empire the world has ever known. The daughters of the Silk Route turned their father's conquests into the first truly international empire, fostering trade, education, and religion throughout their territories and creating an economic system that stretched from the Pacific to the Mediterranean.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYet sometime near the end of the century, censors cut a section about the queens from the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSecret History of the Mongols\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and, with that one act, the dynasty of these royals had seemingly been extinguished forever, as even their names were erased from the historical record.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Secret History of the Mongol Queens\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a ground-breaking and magnificently researched narrative, Jack Weatherford restores the queens' missing chapter to the annals of history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher‏: ‎ \u003cspan\u003eRandom House USA Inc\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1 Mar 2011\u003c\/span\u003e)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage‏: ‎ English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"format_title\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"pagination\"\u003e336 pages\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN: 9780307407160\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions‏: ‎ \u003cspan\u003e204 x 133 x 20\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecm\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Gardners Books Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55545354649976,"sku":"709794","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0093\/8799\/9298\/files\/mongol-queens.jpg?v=1777898399","url":"https:\/\/shop.royalarmouries.org\/products\/the-secret-history-of-the-mongol-queens-how-the-daughters-of-genghis-khan-rescued-his-empire","provider":"Royal Armouries Museum Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}