History from a Woman's Perspective- A Book Blog

The Secret History of The Mongol Queens: How The Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire Author: Jack Weatherford Genre: Nonfiction, Biography, History Publisher: Broadway Books Release Date: 2011 Pages: 336 Source: My State Public Library Synopsis: 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 , 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 ...

The Grip of God (Book One of The Tiger and The Dove Trilogy) Author: Rebecca Hazell Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Release Date: 2013 Pages: 380 Source: This book was given to me as part of a blog tour in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: Sofia, a young princess of Kievan Rus’, is captured in battle and swept away to a Mongol war camp as a slave concubine. Can she survive in a world of total war while the bitter rivalries in her new master’s family threaten her from all sides? In this dramatic first journal of her saga, Sofia seeks her way through an alien and savage culture where a new world of ideas challenges her entire view of life. While her only goal is to escape and to find love again, what will she discover if she can break free .       My Review: Sofia is a young princess of Kyiv. When her kingdom is threatened of being attacked, her father devises a plan for Sofia to escape the palace unharmed. W...