The Tiger Queens
In the late twelfth century, across the sweeping Mongolian grasslands, brilliant, charismatic Temujin ascends to power, declaring himself the Great, or Genghis, Khan But it is the women who stand beside him who ensure his triumph. After her mother foretells an ominous future for her, gifted Borte becomes an outsider within her clan When she seeks comfort in the arms of aristocratic traveler Jamuka, she discovers he is the blood brother of Temujin, the man who agreed to marry her and then abandoned her long before they could wed Temujin will return and make Borte his queen, yet it will take many women to safeguard his fragile new kingdom Their daughter, the fierce Alaqai, will ride and shoot an arrow as well as any man Fatima, an elegant Persian captive, will transform her desire for revenge into an unbreakable loyalty And Sorkhokhtani, a demure widow, will position her sons to inherit the empire when it begins to fracture from within In a world lit by fire and ruled by the sword, the tiger queens of Genghis Khan come to depend on one another as they fight and love, scheme and sacrifice, all for the good of their familyand the greatness of the People of the Felt Walls. Read The Tiger Queens – kino-fada.fr I ve never met Stephanie Thornton in person, but boy, do I want to, because her brand as an author is unapologetically kick ass women of the ancient world I first became acquainted with her Empress Theodora, which I was delighted to blurb, and then went on to Pharoah Hatshepsut but the women of Genghis Khan are the best yet Thornton s third book The Tiger Queens is a knockout The great Khan himself is really just the framework on which the novel is hung this story circles around the wom I ve never met Stephanie Thornton in person, but boy, do I want to, because her brand as an author is unapologetically kick ass women of the ancient world I first became acquainted with her Empress Theodora, which I was delighted to blurb, and then went on to Pharoah Hatshepsut but the women of Genghis Khan are the best yet Thornton s third book The Tiger Queens is a knockout The great Khan hims...Find this and other reviews at didn t think much about sitting down with Stephanie Thornton s The Tiger Queens I flopped on a chair in the living room, figured I d read while the kids watched their Saturday morning cartoons and life would go on as usual, but that s not what happened In point of fact, I managed only two pages before realizing I d grossly underestimated the situation Thornton impressed me with The Secret History and Daughter of the God Find this and other reviews at didn t think much about sitting down with Stephanie Thornton s The Tiger Queens I flopped on a chair in the livi...Anyone that hears the name Genghis Kahn thinks of a savage monster, blood dripping from his fingers as he conquers the world And yes he definitely was all that but this book also gave us a glimpse of a very human side to Genghis Khan and you get a real sense of the feminine power behind him And no it s not just merely because the book focuses on the women of this time I was very surprised to learn of the fact he regarded his wife and daughters very highly At the time of Genghis Kahn s death Anyone that hears the name Genghis Kahn thinks of a savage monster, blood dripping from his fingers as he conquers the world And yes he definitely was all that but this book also gave us a glimpse of a very human side to Genghis Khan and you get a real sense of the feminine power behind him And no it s not just merely because the book focuses on the women of this time I was very surprised to learn of the fact he regarded his wife and daughters very highly At the time of Genghis Kahn s death his daughters ruled from the Yellow Sea to Caspian I don t think ...Well yay 2015 has started out with a bang The Tiger Queens The Women of Genghis Khan is that historical novel that grabs you by the jugular and doesn t let go until the very last page I read this awesome book in 24 hours and I plan to read it again.It s just that damn good And the main characters are women of colour, which of course, pushes all my happy buttons We all know of Genghis Khan and the Mongol hoarde who conquered much of Europe and Asia at least you should We know of Kublai Kha Well yay 2015 has started out with a bang The Tiger Queens The Women of Genghis Khan is that historical novel that grabs you by the jugular and doesn t let go until the very last page I read this awesome book in 24 hours and I plan to read it again.It s just that damn good And the main characters are women of colour, which of course, pushes all my happy buttons We all know of Genghis Khan and the Mongol hoarde who conquered much of Europe and Asia at least you should We know of Kublai Khan and ...Absolutely fantastic I was completely captivated by this novel This is not a novel for the faint of heart but, I think the descriptions really captured the reality and brutality of the life these women lived Their lives were challenging but the love they developed for each other was truly a beautiful thing to witness The story never slowed down or lost its momentum These women will stay with me for a long time I think that Ghengis would be very happy that someone has finally shone a lig Absolutely fantastic I was completely ...Fair warning there will be gushing and fangirling ahead This was one of my most anticipated novels of the year, and I absolutely loved it If you follow my reviews, you know that I loved Stephanie Thornton s previous novels, The Secret History and Daughter of the Gods I have extolled her incredible talent for bringing a time period so vividly to life, and she has outdone herself in her third novel, The Tiger Queens Reading this book was like stepping into a whole new world, one that was com Fair warning there will be gushing and fangirling ahead This was one of my most anticipated novels of the year, and I absolutely loved it If you follow my reviews, you know that I loved Stephanie Thornton s previous novels, The Secret History and Daughter of ...Stephanie Thornton is truly one of my favorite female authors, her writing is exquisite, her knack for digging deep into history revealing the tales of some of the most unique women in history leaves an impression every time I read her writings She stresses women s sacrifices, choices, predicaments and intelligence along with their formidable strength She creates the setting in such a lush and vivid manner, you blend into the scenery as if you were a character, leading you to feel part of the Stephanie Thornton is truly one of my favorite female authors, her writing is exquisite, her knack for digging deep into history revealing the tales of some of the most unique women in history leaves an impression every time I read her writings She stresses women s sacrifices, choices, predicaments and intelligence along with their formidable strength She creates the setting in such a lush and vivid manner, you blend into the scenery as if you were a character, leading you to feel part of the narrative Her descriptive writing allows you to experience the time and culture including the harshness, intensity of her characters as well You feel the vastness of the steppes, its cruelty and beauty The voices of the four individual women are as varying as their personalities Borte, Alaqai, Fatima and Sorkhokhtani all heard and their individual stories shared permitting the women to take shap...Broken into four parts to allow each narrator to share her story and carry forward the overarching history of Genghis Khan s empire, THE TIGER QUEENS is absolutely Stephanie Thornton s most masterfully written novel, so far The worldbuilding and details of setting and culture are so richly woven, I felt completely immersed in the felt tent cities of Genghis and his Golden Family But evenwonderful is the strength of each of the four women who share their stories and reveal their roles in Broken into four parts to allow each narrator to share her story and carry forward the overarching history of Genghis Khan s empire, THE TIGER QUEENS is absolutely Stephanie Thornton s most masterfully written novel, so far The worldbuilding and details of setting and culture are so richly woven, I felt completely immersed in the felt tent cities of Genghis and his Golden Family But evenwonderful is the strength of each of the four women who share their stories and reveal their roles in holding this great empire together this isn t a book about Genghis Khan, this is a book about the wives and daughters and daughters in law who preserved his legacy, ensuring thatthan just his name might live on, and that everything he had built wouldn t be squandered away into nothing after his death.I don t envy them the challenges they faced or the struggle, but I m certainly filled with awe and wonder at the lives they led Stephanie Thornton does an am...The Tiger Queens was my second foray into Stephanie Thornton s epic stories of women leaders, queens of destiny if you will In this story, she infuses life into the shadowy tale of the wives and daughters who helped forge the Mongolian Empire as much as Genghis Khan himself.The Tiger Queens is a book broken into four sections that follows a linear time line from the early days to the waning years to solidifying the future through the lives of Borte, Genghis first wife, Alaquai, his daughter, F The Tiger Q...A couple of years ago I read and reviewed Khan Empire of Silver from Conn Iggulden s Conqueror series that covers the turbulent time between Genghis Khan s death and Kublai Khan s ascension I wrote, Iggulden takes us on a roaring ride all battles, military strategy, and new weapons including proto cannons lots of blood, death, and uni...
- 15 February 2018 Stephanie Thornton
- Paperback
- 486 pages
- 0451417801
- Stephanie Thornton
- The Tiger Queens