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The Secret History of the Mongol Queens

How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire

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The Secret History of the Mongol Queens

By: Jack Weatherford
Narrated by: Robertson Dean
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Summary

 The Mongol queens of the thirteenth century ruled the greatest empire the world has ever known. Yet sometime near the end of the century, censors cut a section from The Secret History of the Mongols, leaving a single tantalizing quote from Genghis Khan: “Let us reward our female offspring.” Only this hint of a father’s legacy for his daughters remained of a much larger story.


The queens of the Silk Route turned their father’s conquests into the world’s 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. Outlandish stories of these powerful queens trickled out of the empire, shocking the citizens of Europe and the Islamic world.


At the conclusion of his magnificently researched and groundbreaking narrative, Jack Weatherford notes that the deeds of these Mongol queens inspired great artists from Chaucer and Milton to Goethe and Puccini, and so their stories live on today. With The Secret History of the Mongol Queens, Weatherford restores the queens’ missing chapter to the annals of history. Asia Europe Medieval Military Politics & Activism Royalty Women Mongol Empire Middle Ages China Middle East Imperialism Ancient History Iran
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“Uplifting, entertaining history.”—Kirkus Reviews
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Love the book. Lost history of successful women rulers. But also an amazing story into life and values of nomadic cultures. Probably closer to the life of our hunter gathers ancestors who managed to live in harmony with nature. The clash between agrarians and nomads is unique and very interesting to follow.

Sone gruesome but nevertheless an amazing story

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Very insightful piece of historical investigation and delivered in a very meaningful and captivating manner.

A great book

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Jack is for me the pre eminent historian on the mongals. His previous book was a joy to read and this is no different. Beautiful and impressive, this history should be heard

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I have bought this book to learn about Mongolia and as a co-listening book to Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by the same author. Both books are giving a complex view of Mongolian history roughly since Genghis Khan's birth till discovery of America by Columbus. The Mongol Queen's history is something new and fresh, something we do not learn in school and do not often hear of in educative media. Most people are familiar with Genghis Khan but I bet noone knows and is interested in his wifes, doughters and other female relatives, even though they formed an undisputable part in history and without their influence and interference the course of events would take completely different turns. I was happy to learn that they were not just nameless persons in the background but that they were able to capture the power and be real queens, respected and counted on. Compared to other nations of that time period Mongolian women were experiencing more freedom and opportunities than was habitual and some of them were able to use this advantage to pursue their ambitions
I enjoyed this book as well as narration that was clear and comfortable to listen to. I am tempted to buy this book in printed form for future reference and possible re-reading.

Well written, interesting, enligtening

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loved it. in my view it is better than the first one. intriguing, surprising, captivating.

Highly recommended

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