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Tamerlane

Sword of Islam, Conqueror of the World
Aug 18, 2012shelleysf rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
This book appears to be one British author's (Justin Morozzi) attempt to do for Timur the Lame's reputation what Jack Weatherford did for Genghis Khan. The problem, however, is that Timur was a murderous, fickle tyrant, whose paths of conquest resulted in no empire or global political or social change. Even worse, Marozzi splices his own travelogue into the chapters on the history of Timur. This lengthens an already long book to obnoxious length (I was skimming his travel sections of each chapter by the end). Not worth reading, except by those with particular interest in Tamerlane.