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The Secret History of the Mongol Queens

How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire

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By: Jack Weatherford
Narrated by: Robertson Dean
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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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Great story and great narrator.
I enjoyed it a lot. Captivating storytelling and good research, and the narrator has a pleasant voice to listen to.
Thank you!

We need more like this!

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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 enjoyed it - it provides a new view of a society considered male dominated. Poor old Ghengis had a whole bunch of useless sons, but some pretty canny daughters. This history is constructed from fragments and folklore, but it hangs together nicely.

Scholarly, interesting view

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