Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Conqueror: A Novel of Kublai Kahn - Reviewed

Conqueror: A Novel Of Kublai KhanConqueror: A Novel Of Kublai Khan by Conn Iggulden

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I read the Advanced Reading Copy, received through Goodread's giveaways program, so I will not comment on formatting or syntax, since any issues there will be cleaned up come the final version.



This is book five in the Conqueror series, and it picks up where Empire of Silver left off. My review for book five is very similar to book four, the series is only getting better. Iggulden does a superb job of breathing life into the likes of Guyuk, Batu, and, of course, Kublai. That he can make these leaders of such a brutal people so sympathetic is amazing. His prose is never over-wrought, and his dialogue never stilted. He takes some liberties with the historical record, but not enough to warp your understanding of this era of history. Quite the contrary, you'll emerge on the other side of having read this book (and its predecessors) very much enriched.



This is what historical fiction (and least of the militaristic type) is all about. Highly recommended.



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