Conqueror: The Complete 5-Book Collection
Conn Iggulden’s No.1 bestselling series, which tells the epic story of Genghis Khan, his warrior sons, and their fight to rule an empire, now in one complete eBook for the first time.WOLF OF THE PLAINS, LORDS OF THE BOW, BONES OF THE HILL, EMPIRE OF SILVER, CONQUEROR.The masterful series which brings to life the mighty Khan dynasty and one of the most powerful military empires in history. From the triumph of the great Genghis Khan, the architect of the vast Mongol Empire, to the extraordinary life of his grandson Kublai, this is the story of a family of warriors, who had to learn the art of war in order to survive.
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The Conqueror Series
5-Book Bundle
Conn Iggulden
Copyright
These novels are entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in them, while at times based on historical figures, are the work of the author’s imagination.
Published by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd
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Wolf of the Plains first published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2007
Lords of the Bow first published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2008
Bones of the Hills first published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2008
Empire of Silver first published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2010
Conqueror first published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2011
Copyright © Conn Iggulden 2007, 2008, 2008, 2010, 2011
Conn Iggulden asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of these works
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Ebook Edition © March 2013 ISBN: 9780007518722
Version: 2017-09-08
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This book could not have been written without the people of Mongolia who allowed me to live among them for a time and who taught me their history over salted tea and vodka while the winter eased into spring.
Particular thanks are due to Mary Clements for her expertise with horses and Shelagh Broughton, whose sterling research made much of this book possible.
THE CONQUEROR SERIES
WOLF OF THE PLAINS
CONN IGGULDEN
Copyright
This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it, while at times based on historical figures, are the work of the author’s imagination.
Published by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd
1 London Bridge Street
London SE1 9GF
First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2007
Copyright © Conn Iggulden 2007
Maps © John Gilkes 2007
Conn Iggulden asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Source ISBN: 9780007353255
Ebook Edition © September 2008 ISBN: 9780007285341
Version: 2017-09-08
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins.
To my brothers John, David and Hal
‘A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king’
Homer, The Iliad
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PROLOGUE
The snow was blinding as the Mongol archers encircled the Tartar raiding party. Each man guided his pony with his knees, standing on the stirrups to fire shaft after shaft with withering accuracy. They were grimly silent, the hooves of their galloping ponies the only sound to challenge the cries of the wounded and the howling wind. The Tartars could not escape the whirring death that came out of the darkening wings of the battle. Their horses fell groaning to their knees, blood spattering bright from their nostrils.
On an outcrop of yellow-grey rock, Yesugei watched the battle, hunched deep into his furs. The wind was a roaring devil on the plain, tearing at his skin where it had lost its covering of mutton grease. He did not show the discomfort. He had borne it for so many years he could not have been sure he even felt it any more. It was just a fact of his life, like having warriors to ride at his word, or enemies to kill.
