The Mongol Storm
Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
25 October 2022
Summary
The Mongols have long been viewed in the West as violent barbarians who plundered and wrecked the societies they invaded. But in fact the Mongol Empire was highly sophisticated, and through their conquests they built a new world order. Within the space of a single generation, they swept across the Middle East, tied Europe and Asia together through trade, and completely reshaped global geopolitics.
The Mongol Storm tells the story of the Mongols and the empires they conquered.…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399803564 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1399803565 |
| Author: | Nicholas Morton |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | Basic Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 25 October 2022 |
| Weight: | 540g |
| Dimensions: | 232mm x 152mm x 32mm |
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Critics Review
Deeply researched and elegantly written - essential reading – Dan JonesErudite, often thrilling and much-needed – Daily TelegraphBrain-stretching … pulsating … irresistable … A reminder that the best history writing is eminently readable – The Sunday TimesRevelatory, lively and stocked with colourful personalities – Literary ReviewAn unusual blend of serious scholarship with a narrative drive as galloping as the ferocious Mongol cavalry whose repeated battlefield triumphs Nicholas Morton recreates with relish – The Sunday TimesThe most exciting study of the Mongols and their encounters with the peoples of the Near East I have ever read – William Chester Jordan, Princeton UniversityThis expert study casts the Middle Ages in a new light – Publishers WeeklyFor anyone who loves history, especially with military and diplomatic focuses – Library Journal
About The Author
Nicholas Morton
Nicholas Morton is an associate professor at Nottingham Trent University specialising in the history of the Medieval Middle East, writing extensively on topics including the Crusades, the Mongol Empire and the Seljuk Turks. An award-winning author, his books include The Mongol Storm, which the Sunday Times described as ‘a reminder that the best history writing is eminently readable’, and the highly anticipated The Crusader Storm: A Global History of the Wars for the Middle East, which will be published in June 2026.
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