The March of the Barbarians by Harold Lamb
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Overview: Harold Albert Lamb (Sept 1, 1892–Apr 9, 1962) was born in Alpine, New Jersey. He attended Columbia University, where his interest in the peoples and history of Asia began. He built a career with his writing from an early age. He got his start in the pulp magazines, quickly moving to the prestigious Adventure magazine, his primary fiction outlet for nineteen years. The editor of Adventure, Arthur Sullivant Hoffman, praised Lamb’s writing ability, describing him as "always the scholar first, the good fictionist second."
In 1927 he wrote a biography of Genghis Khan, and following on its success turned more and more to the writing of non-fiction, penning numerous biographies and popular history books until his death in 1962 in Rochester, N.Y. The success of Lamb’s two-volume history of the Crusades led to his discovery by Cecil B. DeMille, who employed Lamb as a technical advisor on a related movie, The Crusades, and used him as a screenwriter on many other DeMille movies thereafter.
Genre:Non-Fiction > History/Biographies
The March of the Barbarians
"This is top notch escape reading. It carries one back to the so-called dark ages, when Asia flaunted a civilization far exceeding the western nations, when men on horseback swayed empires. The first quarter of the book builds up a vivid and colorful picture of the early history of these nomads of Asia’s steppes; then comes in fuller detail, the story of Genghis-Khan, the interim period when his power was disputed by his sons and grandsons, following his death. Then the reign of Mangu-Khan,and the brilliant reign of Kubilai-Khan, the influence of the tribes on Europe, and the gradual recession. Legend and story and history skillfully interwoven, and told with such a ring of authenticity that one feels it is all true. A contribution to scholarship and at the same time a book which should appeal to adventure-loving boys." ~From a contemporary review from Kirkus Reviews (1940)~
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