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Ratings: ★★★★☆(4.1/5)
Genre: Biography, History, Asian History, Non-fiction

Book Review:
In ''Kublai Khan,'' bestselling historian John Man brings the remarkable world of the Mongol emperor to vibrant life. Grandson of Genghis Khan, Kublai inherited the largest land empire in history and doubled it, becoming the first ''barbarian'' to conquer all of China. Man traces Kublai's life from his upbringing under his scheming mother to his seizure of power and his twenty-year campaign to unify China. Drawing on his own travels through Mongolia and China, Man provides a rollicking and authoritative account of a powerful man who transformed his dominion into a prototype of a modern superpower.