In his introduction Jem Duducu sets up the premise of a missed narrative of “culture, tolerance and trade” as a contrast with his title ‘a thousand years of conquest by Eurasian horse archers’. This book does indeed give us a brisk gallop through a tumultuous time period, with occasionally thrilling battles and interesting side quests into the Hashashin, Mongol navy, flaming camels as anti-elephant tactics and even a peek forward to the Cossacks and WWI. 

The book is in very good condition, tightly bound, clean and bright throughout. The dust jacket is complete, with only minor shelf wear, unclipped showing £22 99.