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Title: Should come with a warning label...
Review: ...that reads "not for the layman". Granted, I have only read about 100 pages of this book, but I doubt I will get to the end. It is divided into 3 sections on the Huns, Ghengis Khan, and Tamerlane. So far, so good, right? Nope. The author goes back and forth across such varied geographic areas and uses such far-flung place names so quickly that it is impossible for anyone without a PhD in Central Asian history or geography to keep up. Go ahead, I dare you to try. Now, I am not uneducated. I've read some great epic histories by Robert Massie and Steven Runciman that were hundreds of pages long and kept my interest to the very end. "Empire of the Steppes" barely held my interest at all.There are a few reviews here that say this book is the best on it's subject; surely there has to be one written in the last 60 years that is better...there has to be!! One written for the more casual reader who wants to be engaged, not overwhelmed.
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