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Conn Iggulden

Disciplines:
fiction/historical fiction
uk
rome
history/mongols

Summary

British historical novelist who wrote the Emperor series (Julius Caesar) and the Conqueror series (Genghis Khan) — among the best-selling historical fiction writers — known for dramatic, accurate-in-spirit accounts of historical military campaigns.

Core Contribution

Makes Mongol and Roman history emotionally vivid through historical fiction — the Conqueror series' account of Genghis Khan, Ogedei, and Kublai Khan provides the most readable narrative account of Mongol expansion and the internal tensions of the empire for general audiences.

Notable Works & Achievements

Wolf of the Plains

Lords of the Bow

Bones of the Hills

Empire of Silver

Conqueror

Historical Influences

Historical sources Historical fiction tradition

Intellectual Lineage

London Conqueror series Emperor series

Contemporaries & Peers

Bernard CornwellHilary Mantel

Minds Influenced

Popular historical fictionHistory 102

Intellectual Posterity

Conqueror series Emperor series Iggulden as historical fiction

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