Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #247 in Books
• Published on: 2008-01-02
• Binding: Hardcover
• 464 pages

Synopsis
The brand new novel from the No.1 bestselling author of Emperor, his series on Julius Caesar. The second in the bestselling new Conqueror series on Genghis Khan, it is a wonderful, epic story which Conn Iggulden brings brilliantly to life. The gathering of the tribes of the Mongols has been a long time in coming but finally, triumphantly, Temujin of the Wolves, Genghis Khan, is given the full accolade of the overall leader and their oaths. Now he can begin to meld all the previously warring people into one army, one nation. But the task Genghis has set himself and them is formidable. He is determined to travel to the land of the long-time enemy, the Chin and attack them there. The distances and terrain-the wide deserts, the impenetrable mountains-make it a difficult venture even for the legendary Mongolian speed of movement, but the greatest problem is that of the complex fortifications, a way of fighting wars of a settled urban population which the nomadic Mongolians had never come across. Finding ways to tackle that and keeping his tribes together in a strange environment presents another new and exciting challenge for Genghis Khan.Not only must Genghis succeed in this incredible campaign, but he must also reconcile the restless factions among his own generals, mediate between his ambitious brothers and cope with his own reactions to his growing sons.

The young warrior has become a notable and victorious military commander of thousands: he must now learn to become a great leader of peoples of many different races and religions. Lords of the Bow is a deeply satisfying novel. It is epic in scope, convincing, and fascinating in the narration of an extraordinary story. Above all Genghis Khan continues to dominate the scene as he matures from the young boy of Wolf of the Plains to the great Conqueror.

From the Publisher
A major new series on Genghis Khan from the number one bestselling co-author of `The Dangerous Book For Boys'

About the Author
Born in London, Conn Iggulden read English at London University and worked as a teacher for seven years before becoming a full-time writer. He is the author of the number one bestselling Emperor series and co-author of `The Dangerous Book for Boys'. Conn Iggulden lives in Hertfordshire with his wife and their children.

Customer Reviews

Similar to a bludgeon - unsubtle but effective
After the first book in the series, this was a marked improvement, but still a mile short of his excellent Emperor series.

More conquering, more airag (Mongolian booze), more "wincing" and "chuckling", more arrow piercing high jinks, but this time, a lot more depth and a lot more characterisation. There are also a couple of searing battles, which are the high lights of the book.

I know Iggulden spends most of his spare time administering his website (whose members seem to consist of the anally retentive, the unashamedly sycophantic, and the profoundly thick), however, unlike his last book, which was terrible, this is a decent return to form.

Iggulden will never be an author of great craft, nor will he be a fantastic page turner, but saying all of that, he does have something.

Lords of the Bow - Conn Iggulden
I have now read all of Conn's books and without doubt he is getting better and better. All the stories, especially Lords of the Bow, are well researched with Conn's distictive storytelling giving the reader the Iggulden novel nuances. Whilst greying out the unimportant facts the stories do not require, Conn alludes to them in his historical notes at the end of each book.
I thoroughly enjoyed the Emperor series on the life of Julius Caesar but I have become completely hooked on Conqueror and Ghengis Khan's fantastic ideology. From his struggle with the harsh way of life for the Mongols coupled with the internal turmoil of distrust of his own tribe, Conn's adaptation is a masterpiece of emotion, shock, disbelief and joy in every chapter. I am on tenterhooks waiting for September 2008 for the publication of the 3rd book.

Another big hit by a great author
When I read Lord of the Bow, during my holiday, I knew that I should take a rest from reading, put the book down and go out site-seeing, but unfortunately, the mistake of taking this book with me has already been committed! I was unable to put it down. I find it very difficult to find writers who can put melees without sounding like they are doctoring the whole situation so that somehow they come out smart strategists in the end. Conn is a very talented strategist and can put details in a way that makes you not want miss a line because you know it all counts when you get to the numerous great fights. This is a really good book and nothing less of the many other books Conn had authored about war. It also gives us men a very good insight into the politics of man and the effects of power on us.
I just hope that 1, Conn would not be as explicit with sexual encounters and 2, that he would write the next book asap!