Lisa O. (mentalorigami) reviewed on 12/9/2008 + 12 more book reviews

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The first half read like a novel, the prose that showed itself here and there made me forget that I was reading something purely historical. Morbid descriptions of the type of punishments Genghis Khan avoided, those including mutilations of the body, were plentiful and fascinating. Ancient dictators had an amazing imagination when it came to using mutilation, and thus fear, to control the masses. Reading this book to come across these and the descriptions of the Great Khan's innovative war tactics alone is enough.

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