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The Blue Wolf: A Novel of the Life of Chinggis Khan(Weatherhead Books on Asia)

The Blue Wolf: A Novel of the Life of Chinggis Khan(Weatherhead Books on Asia)


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One of the world's most ruthless warriors, Chinggis Khan conquered nearly all of Asia in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, transforming the scattered and impoverished Mongols into an exceptionally proud and powerful nation. In this riveting and thoroughly researched portrait, Japan's celebrated epic novelist drives at the root of the khan's great desires and insatiable appetite for supremacy. Beginning with his birth in 1162, The Blue Wolf follows the crucial alliances that led to Chinggis Khan's great campaigns in North China, Bukhara, and Samarkand, as well as the state of Khorazm. The khan was obsessed with his ancestry, not knowing whether he was the descendent of the blue wolf (mythical progenitor of the Mongols and the noble Borjigin line) or merely the bastard son of a Merkid tribesman. For Inoue Yasushi, Chinggis's ancestral anxiety lies at the center of his relentless push for empire. He struggled with his paternity as intensely as he fought his battles, and his victories stood as proof that the brave warrior was a true Mongol. The question of paternity also formed the largest wedge between Chinggis and his eldest son, Jochi, a boy born in captivity and of similarly questionable heritage. Hailed for its sophistication and rich imagining of a remote world, The Blue Wolf puts a human cast on a legendary force that changed Asia and the world.

Table of Contents:
Translator's Note Map 1. Earliest Years 2. The Merkid Massacre 3. Overlordship on the Mongolian Plateau 4. Temujin Becomes Chinggis Khan 5. Attack on the Jin 6. Fall of the Jin Dynasty 7. The Destruction of Khorazm 8. Return to Mount Burqan Author's Afterword (1960) Dramatis Personae

About the Author :
Inoue Yasushi (1907-1991) received numerous awards for his writing, including the prestigious Akutagawa Prize and the Japan Art Academy Award. His additional novels include the popular series: The Roof Tile of Tempyo, Lou-Lan, Wind and Waves, and Journey Beyond Samarkand. Joshua Fogel is Canada Research Chair and professor of history at York University in Toronto. He specializes in the history of Sino-Japanese relations and has taught at Harvard University and the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Review :
An exciting first English translation of the popular Japanese original, this book promises to create new Genghis Khan enthusiasts with its imaginative but historically faithful interpretation of the great Mongol leader's life... Inoue answers intriguing questions about Genghis Khan's motivations and what happened during key but unrecorded times in his life. Translator Fogel is to be applauded for bringing such a rousing Japanese favorite to a wider audience. Library Journal The Blue Wolf is a superior work of historical fiction. -- Viviane Crystal Historical Novels Review


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780231146166
  • Publisher: Columbia University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press
  • Height: 140 mm
  • No of Pages: 304
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: A Novel of the Life of Chinggis Khan
  • ISBN-10: 0231146167
  • Publisher Date: 19 Nov 2008
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Series Title: Weatherhead Books on Asia
  • Width: 216 mm


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