Books by René Grousset
“This is a classic study, and it has the virtue of being very readable as well. The original French edition is elegantly written, but the English translation is similarly lively and attractive. Grousset gives us a vivid sense of the vast territories that were conquered and briefly held by these numerous if elusive nomadic peoples. Needless to say, the Mongols, who conquered just about everything from China to Poland and Hungary, top the list. But as Grousset shows us, they weren’t the only ones.” Read more...
Interviews where books by René Grousset were recommended
The best books on Central Asia’s Golden Age, recommended by S. Frederick Starr
Central Asia’s history is rarely a focus for students in the West, but its flourishing cities and great thinkers once made it one of the world’s most dynamic and important regions. Frederick Starr, a leading expert on Central Asia and author of a number of books about it, talks us through the highlights of an area that was so much more than just a stopping place on the ancient Silk Roads.
