There has long been a need for a scholarly English edition of the great 13th century historical epic, The Secret History of the Mongols, the only surviving Mongol source about the empire. The book is
First published in 1963. The Secret History (so called merely because it was meant for the Mongols and not for the Chinese,) has been chiefly studied from a learned point of view and its quality as li
A specialist on the medieval Mongols and the Yuan Dynasty of China, Rachewiltz (culture, history, and language; Australian National U.) begins this supplemental volume by describing the additions and
Bearing corrections and revision by the author on the 2003 publication, this remains the definitive edition of the Secret history, which relates the story of Genghis Khan and his followers, providing
The 13th century Secret History of the Mongols, covering the great Cinggis Qan’s (?1162-1227) ancestry and life, a literary monument of first magnitude. Introduction, full translation and commentary.T
The Secret History of the Mongols (1228-40) is an invaluable source for events and daily life and culture of the Mongols during the 12th and 13th centuries, the period of the rise of the Mongol Empire
The Mongol queens of the thirteenth century ruled the largest 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, l
The Mongol queens of the thirteenth century ruled the largest 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, l
