HarperCollins Bones of the Hills

Read this book in 2008, and its the 3rd volume of the wonderful "Conqueror" series, featuring Genghis Khan and his descendants.This book will tell the tale about his conquering of the world, after uniting his warring tribes and taking his armies against the great cities of their oldest enemies and defeat them.Now west of the Mongolian plains he will find trouble, where his emissaries are mutilated and murdered, he will send out his sons as generals to every direction possible.While discovering new territories, and taking tribute from one city and destroying the other if they refuse, this is also a policy to see which of his sons can be trusted and is independent and strong enough to act as the future Khan.What is to follow is an amazing historical adventure, in which the Wolves of Genghis Khan will explore the world west of the Mongolian plain, and they will do all these actions in the Mongol way, which means hard and brutal and with no turning back, and to leave an ever present memory of Mongolian conquest.Highly recommended, for this is a amazing addition to this marvellous series, and that's why I like to call this episode: "An Epic Conqueror"!

This is the third book of the Genghis Khan series. It starts with the rise to manhood of Genghis' sons, and deals mainly with the Mongols' wars with the Arabs/Persians and ends with the death of Genghis.No one writes about historical warfare like Conn Iggulden. If you like his other stuff, like Cornwell, especially Sharpe, then you'll like this. The pace is fast, excellent descriptions without getting too bogged down in prose. The fight scenes are incredible, and seriously gory. Iggulden gives us enjoyable history lessons without the schoolroom boredom. The characters are different enough to make them interesting. The only part I didn't like was the scene with the assassins. A bit boring CI, but we'll give you that, it was only a few pages anyway. An Angel's Alternative Cold Steel on the Rocks We Are Cold SteelAn Angel's AlternativeCold Steel on the RocksWe Are Cold Steel

Conn Iggulden manages to maintain the relentless pace of this five part adventure. The attention to detail and historical fact only enhance the tale. I wish that all history lessons could be so entertaining! I have already finished part four and have the final part ready and waiting.

No disappointment in this conclusion to the trilogy - just as fast, full of action and like the best historical fiction, it made me think about how these people would have lived in a way no textbook can. I'm not a literature student - I just want to know if a book left me satisfied or not, and this did. It was more thought-provoking than the earlier books, and I liked the depiction of Jelaudin and the respect he and Genghis had for each other. I haven't seen many other reviews by women and I'm not surprised, because this is the opposite of chick-lit!! I found it mildly amusing that the first two books only really seemed to consider women as spoils of war or the mother or wife of the Khan. I was left wondering if Conn Iggulden had ever talked to a girl, but he dedicates the book to his kids so he presumably has!!! But seriously, I wasn't at all miffed by this - the novel is about Mongol warriors after all, not a feminist text... The women do get more of a look-in this time, and I liked the bit about Genghis feeling uncomfortable when he saw his two wives talking together. On a separate note, I was looking for a read for a bit of fun and was relieved that generally no moral judgements were required in this series, as all parties to the wars seem fairly awful that it's hard to feel sorry for anyone. This is uncomplicated action - don't read it expecting to find much in the way of emotion!

Bone of the hills is the last part of the Genghis Khan's epic story. Here the storyline not only tends to get more diverging, exciting, and even more barbarian than the previous parts, but also more epic than before.Strolling through the war fields, Genghis Khan along with his generals and sons had to face three different kettles of fish: the Shah, the assassins, and the shah' son ; all in all described in passionate battle cries , fearsome challenges ,striking breathtaking events which made this book in my opinion one of the best historical fiction journeys.However, providing a historical note even if it provides vital historical information about this era in an a assuring way to authenticate the the major events describes in this book, i prefer that the reader should be judge of that.in matter of respect,The author has become definitely on the verge to be on the same wave with many writers such as Bernard Cornwell.