This was a very good action-adventure historical fiction novel set during the crusades. It is fast-paced and engaging, and included a lot of historical facts blended into the dialogue and descriptions. The writing is well-balanced and themes of guilt, religion, and morality all come up as Christian soldiers engage with the Mongol people. The focus of the story is more on action than it is on character growth. It was a fun read that touches on heavy topics but keeps the overall atmosphere light. ...

یکی از بهترین رمان‌های که خوندم، رمانِ دختر مغول بود عشق ممنوعه یک شوالیه صلیبی به یک دختر خان زاده مغولداستان از جایی شروع میشه که بدستور پاپ یک کشیش مزخرفِ بوگندو که بخاطر مریض نشدن حمام نمی‌رفت مامور شده بود تا به دیدار خانِ خانان مغول‌ها در مغولستان بره اون هم زمانی که هلاکوخان اروپا رو درنوردیده بود اون هم به این منظور که با مغول‌ها بر علیه مسلمانان متعهد بشن تا اورشلیم شهر مقدس رو از مسلمانان پس بگیرن و در این راه یک شوالیه به نام ژوسران مامور حفاظت از جان این کشیش مزخرف می‌شه. اسم دختر زی...

This is such a lovely story.I've become hung up on the history of the Silk Road(s) and those who lived and traded along these routes. In searching for other works I cam upon this and although a novel, I couldn't stop myself: my weekend reading. I am becoming a lady of leisure.An adventure-romance set in the days of the Mongol Empire: a Christian Knight escorts a papal emissary on a long and dangerous journey across Persia in the hope of converting the infidels. Along the way, the knight meets up...

Having just finished reading, ‘The Silk Roads: A New History of the World’, Professor Frankopan’s account of things back then, this was a rather jolly read.A love story, in an uncertain age: and not what I expected.It does point a censuring finger at the shackles that religion (Christianity to the largest part) does have on the development of a civilisation. Something Professor Frankopan is not shy of highlighting.Undoubtedly a good amount of research is behind this tale and I do imagine that an...

Така, г-н Фалконър още една история разказана прекрасно под вашето перо. Твърдя и смятам, че се усеща умението ви да разказвате увлекателни истории с различни степени на драма, жестокост или романтика. Във всяка книга сте различен и непредсказуем. Тук се усеща старание от ваша страна за достоверност до колкото е възможно за периодът през 1260г. Не съм правила справка за всичко, но се усеща някаква достоверност между страниците и дребни битови детайли, за които явно имаме някакво писмено наследст...

داستان کتابی مثله دختر مغول ، نه فراز و اوجی داره ، نه نشیب و سقوطی ، یک داستان خیلی معمولیه که دور از هر گونه پپیچیدگی و با ساختاری خطی و ساده جلو میره ، داستانش نه جذابیت چندانی داره و نه یک داستان کسل کننده است ، محیط داستان در قرن سیزدهم ، زمانی که اروپا در سالهای سیاه بود و آسیا در چنگال مغول ها می گذره ، داستانش هم معمولیه ، آدم های داستان هم معمولین ، هیچ کدام نه اندیشه خاصی دارن و نه طبق روال داستانهای این گونه بر و روی خاص و جذابی دارن . مهمترین نکته کتاب همان معمولی و عادی بودن همه چیز...

I really like reading historical novels; and nonfiction. I'm in the midst of a book I'll review shortly when I'm done, about the frontier, when it was here, just on the other side of the Appalachians.But this book is about a time much earlier. And set in another part of the world. So in a way, it was interesting on both levels. I did have my google earth app open for a lot of this. Basically, it's set in 1361. The Mongol hordes are swarming from the East. The Pope sends a priest as his emissary ...

Colin Falconer has written a fabulous book. Not only is it exciting and very readable it is also hard to put down. I have wanted to read it for quite a while but unable financially until the price was lowered to 99 cents which enabled me to buy it. From the start, I was mesmerized by Josseran's travels and felt I was truly with him and could actually smell the things he smelled, feel the hardness of a camel saddle(ouch), enjoy the fascinating people he met during the excruciatingly long trek alo...

“Silk Road” by Colin Falconer is well named because the silk road itself is the most complex, vivid and well-drawn character of the book. Falconer clearly did his research about the route itself – its changing geography and climates, and the diverse and fascinating people, who lived along it during the 13th century. His descriptions of the route itself are vivid, informative and evocative, as are his meticulous and convincing portrayals of Mongolian culture, life-style and politics in this perio...

These are the kinds of historical fiction books I dream of. Richly detailed, well researched, a natural harmony between dialogue and non dialogue - never being too much of one or the other - a lesson in history and some engaging characters thrown in. Oh, and I am a little partial to journey stories too. They are one of my favourite ways for an author to channel an historical adventure story. These are all facets that I look for in an historical fiction and if they hit the right points of balance...