Book Review: Genghis: Birth of an Empire (Conqueror, #1) by Conn Iggulden
Genghis: Birth of an Empire by Conn Iggulden
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Series: Conqueror (Book #1 of 5)
Genre: Historical fiction
Pages: 403 pages (US Kindle edition)
Published: 2nd January 2007 by Harper Collin (UK) & 1st May 2007 by Delacorte Press (US)
Unbelievably good; this marked the first time I finished reading Iggulden’s work, and it’s VERY promising that this will become one of my favorite series.
Conn Iggulden isn’t exactly an unfamiliar name to me; despite the fact that he’s most well-known for his historical fiction works, Iggulden’s blurbs have been featured on some of my favorite fantasy books such as The Faithful and the Fallen series by John Gwynne and The Realm of the Elderlings series by Robin Hobb, to name a few. For years I’ve been interested in reading his books, and from what I’ve gathered, his Conqueror series seems to be the most often regarded as his best works by his readers. And so here we are and my god, I seriously didn’t expect it to be this great.
“Mongolia is an unforgiving land. The boy, Temujin, was never cruel, and there is no record of him ever taking pleasure from the destruction of his enemies, but he was capable of utter ruthlessness.”