Atwood Christopher P. The Secret History of the Mongols

Penguin Classics, 2023. — 569 p. — ISBN 978-0-241-19792-9.The Secret History of the Mongols is one of the literary wonders of the world. Writing in the thirteenth century, the Secret Historian - whose identity remains unknown - combines insider history and verse to chronicle the life of Genghis Khan and the empire he founded. Following Genghis from his early years, through feasts and fights, alliances, rivalries and betrayals, we witness the birth of a new regime, and a unified Mongolia whose hordes swept across the steppe and remade the medieval world. It was a world of vast nomad tent cities and warrior horse lords, governed by a distant Heaven, a world which draws near in this vivid new translation.Introduction
The Influence of the Secret History and its Preservation
The World of the Secret History
Date and Authorship
Title, Genre, Composition
Mongolian Terms and their Translation
The Origin of Chinggis Khan
The Youth of Chinggis Khan
The Early Battles of Chinggis Khan
Chinggis Khan and Ong Khan
Completing the Unification of Mongolia
The New Regime
The Foreign Conquests
The Reign of Ökodei Khan