The historical novels of the Russian Soviet writer Vasily Yan—"Genghis Khan" (1939), "Batu" (1942), and "To the 'Last Sea'" (1955)—which together form the "Mongol Invasion" trilogy, recount the campaigns of conquest by Mongol-Tatar tribes into Central Asia and Europe in the first half of the 13th century. Laying a path from east to west with fire and sword, the nomadic hordes led by Genghis Khan subjugate the Khwarazmian Empire, and a decade and a half later, the forces of his grandson, Khan Batu, set out across the Polovtsian steppes, the Volga region, and the Caucasus to Rus', which was fractured into separate principalities. They capture Ryazan, Moscow, Vladimir, Kiev, and other Russian cities, before rushing into the countries of Central Europe towards the Atlantic Ocean to forge an empire stretching from sea to sea... Cruel and bloody skirmishes on the lands under attack, the heroic defense of besieged cities, the councils of the Great Khan, and popular assemblies—this kaleidoscopic sequence of scenes and events reveals a powerful whirlwind of history that sweeps up all-powerful rulers and ordinary mortals, individuals and entire nations alike...
Author: Vasily Yan
Pages: 992 (offset). Hardcover
Dimensions: 218x149x46 mm
Series: Russian Literature. Big Books
