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RONAY, GABRIEL: : THE TARTAR KHAN'S ENGLISHMAN

LONDON.CASSELL LTD.,1978.

ISBN 0304300543.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,gilt background with red illustration with red+black border edges to front panel of dw/dj with red+black lettering,rear panel with thumbnail 13thC b/w map; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. Top+fore-edges though slightly aged/toned,bright and clean without any marks or foxing/spotting; contents generally bright,tight,clean,solid and sound with inevitable paper and page-edge toning - otherwise near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain brown cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine,and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vi-viipp+2-249pp [paginated] includes verso+ recto of contents list/table,author's foreword, Pts I-VII includes 23 chapters and an epilogue, 8pp contemporary b/w photographs,b/w facsimile illustration reproductions in 1 block,between pp118/19,2 b/w maps interspersed in the text, appendices (I+II),a selected bibliography and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,verso of contents,illustrations+maps list/table,acknowledgements,verso of foreword, individual Pts separator pages,and 4pp blanks at the rear of the book. Genghis Khan built an empire stretching from the China Sea to Eastern Europe on the bones of massacred millions,and with his sword secured for himself a place in the hall of infamy.His grandson Batu carried Mongol domination to the walls of the bickering Christendom and beyond; no army of knights,for all their pride and finery,could stand against the steppe horsemen. By the middle of the thirteenth century the Mongols occupied half Europe and stood at the gates of Vienna. Yet there is startling evidence that a mysterious Englishman who acted as Batu Khan's personal envoy,interpreter and spy chief was the architect of the diplomatic drive preceding the Tartar holocaust in Europe.Although his actions and his brand of diplomacy have left their stamp on the face of Europe,the annals of the time do not even record his name. Proof of the existence of the Tartar khan's English-born diplomat was uncovered by Gabriel Ronay in a thirteenth-century monastic chronicle.In this book Mr Ronay pieces together from contemporary documentary sources the extraordinary career of the envoy,lifts the cloak of protecting anonymity in which he wrapped himself,and follows in his footsteps across continents and civilisations.Against a backcloth of a fascinatng and turbulent period of history the author reconstructs his subject's amazing adventures in King John's service,as an outcast in the Holy Land,and eventually as the representative of awesome Tartar power.Peopled with kings and warriors, missionary friars and mass murderers,this is the story of a remarkable individual, swept by the tide of events from London to the Mongolian steppes,to return at the head of the hordes bent on the annihilation of Europe. Please contact seller,because of the weight/ value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

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