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Lords of the Bow (Conqueror 2)

Author: Conn Iggulden
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

21 reviews
Sales Rank: 1163

Media: Hardcover
Pages: 464
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.1 x 1.7

ISBN: 0007201761
EAN: 9780007201761
ASIN: 0007201761

Publication Date: January 2, 2008
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Customer Reviews: Read 16 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

Fantastic Read August 18, 2008
Wow - How little we know about Genghis Khan and the Mongols. What an anamzing people and Conn really brought them alive. The book/story was a real page turning epic adventure. I cannot wait for the 3rd book....

3 out of 5 stars

A good read August 17, 2008
Early this year I became interested in historical fiction through Steven Pressfield's book 'Gates of Fire' and others. I know it isn't fair to compare everything else with that book, but it's only natural that it will happen, and that's why I've only given this book 3 stars.

Lords of the Bow is a good read, but fell short of what I had expected because I couldn't connect with the characters all that much. Certainly there was plenty of information on the strategies that Ghengis Khan used during this period, but I found myself slightly disconnected from the story and, at times, re-reading a passage or two to remind myself who the person was he was talking about. Not a good sign.

Overall a good read, interesting and informative, but no prizes for getting the reader involved.

5 out of 5 stars

Excellent August 8, 2008
A great read and Iggulden is cementing his position as the heir to Bernard Cornwell's crown!

3 out of 5 stars

A good read. July 29, 2008
Interesting historical novel about a period of history and an individual that is always remote. Nice one.

4 out of 5 stars

Similar to a bludgeon - unsubtle but effective July 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

After the first book in the series, this was a marked improvement, but still a mile short of his excellent Emperor series.

More conquering, more airag (Mongolian booze), more "wincing" and "chuckling", more arrow piercing high jinks, but this time, a lot more depth and a lot more characterisation. There are also a couple of searing battles, which are the high lights of the book.

I know Iggulden spends most of his spare time administering his website (whose members seem to consist of the anally retentive, the unashamedly sycophantic, and the profoundly thick), however, unlike his last book, which was terrible, this is a decent return to form.

Iggulden will never be an author of great craft, nor will he be a fantastic page turner, but saying all of that, he does have something.