Stock ID #179754 On the Trail of Genghis Khan. An Epic Journey Through the Land of the Nomads. TIM COPE.

On the Trail of Genghis Khan. An Epic Journey Through the Land of the Nomads.

London. Bloomsbury. 2013. Stock ID #179754

Endpaper and in text maps, colour photographic plates, viii + 509pp, notes, glossary, bibliography, index, a very good paperback copy.

"The relationship between man and horse on the Eurasian steppe gave rise to a succession of rich nomadic cultures. Among them were the Mongols of the thirteenth century - a small tribe, which, under the charismatic leadership of Genghis Khan, created the largest contiguous land empire in history.

Inspired by the extraordinary life nomads still lead today, Tim Cope embarked on a journey that hadn't been successfully completed since those times: to travel on horseback across the entire length of the Eurasian steppe, from Karakorum, the ancient capital of Mongolia, through Kazakhstan, Russia, Crimea and the Ukraine to the Danube River in Hungary.

From horse-riding novice to travelling three years and 10,000 kilometres on horseback, accompanied by his dog Tigon, Tim learnt to fend off wolves and would-be horse-thieves, and grapple with the extremes of the steppe as he crossed sub-zero plateaux, the scorching deserts of Kazakhstan and the high-mountain passes of the Carpathians." (Publisher's description).

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