Phoenix: The Tartar Khan's Englishman (Phoenix Press)

Phoenix: The Tartar Khan's Englishman (Phoenix Press)

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"A splendid biography...it is gripping reading."--Economist. "No writer of historical fiction or Hollywood extravaganza could invent action half as exciting as are the rare adventures and painful peregrinations of this remarkable 13th-century Englishman."--The Times. Out of a 13th-century monastic chronicle came the seed of this incredible biography of the English-born personal envoy, interpreter, and spy in the house of the Tartar Khan. Pieced together by a Transylvanian writer who discovered the existence of this pivotal figure, it is a tale peppered with kings and warriors and mass murderers--and the mysterious man whose actions and diplomacy preceding the Tartar holocaust have left their indelible stamp on the face of Europe.

Phoenix: The Tartar Khan's Englishman (Phoenix Press),Gabriel Ronay,Phoenix Press,184212210X,Historical - General,History,History - General History,Medieval,Military,Military - General,ASIA,BG-JUVENILE PROP - BG-JUVY ACTIVITY,Biography & Autobiography / Historical,Biography: historical,Europe,World history: c 500 to C 1500

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