Customer Reviews
Similar to a bludgeon - unsubtle but effective - By: John Holmes, 06 Jul 2008 
After the first bookin the series, this was a marked improvement, but still a mile short of his excellent Emperor series.
More conquering, more airag (Mongolian booze), more "wincing" & "chuckling", more arrow piercing high jinks, but this time, a lot more depth & a lot more characterisation. There are also a couple of searing battles, which are the high lights of the book.
I know Iggulden spends most of his spare time administering his website (whose members seem to consist of the anally retentive, the unashamedly sycophantic, & the profoundly thick), however, unlike his last book, which was terrible, this is a decent return to form.
Iggulden will never be an author of great craft, nor will he be a fantastic page turner, but saying all of that, he does have something.
Lords of the Bow - Conn Iggulden - By: Ian Graham, 30 Jun 2008 
I have now read all of Conn's books & without doubt he is getting better & better. All the stories, especially Lords of the Bow, are well researched with Conn's distictive storytelling giving the reader the Iggulden novel nuances. Whilst greying out the unimportant facts the stories do not require, Conn alludes to themin his historical notes at the end of each book.
I thoroughly enjoyed the Emperor series on the life of Julius Caesar but I have become completely hooked on Conqueror & Ghengis Khan's fantastic ideology. From his struggle with the harsh way of life for the Mongols coupled with the internal turmoil of distrust of his own tribe, Conn's adaptation is a masterpiece of emotion, shock, disbelief & joyin every chapter. I am on tenterhooks waiting for September 2008 for the publication of the 3rd book.
Another big hit by a great author - By: K. J. Ekermawi, 06 Jun 2008 When I read Lord of the Bow, during my holiday, I knew that I should take a rest from reading, put the book down & go out site-seeing, but unfortunately, the mistake of taking this book with me has already been committed! I was unable to put it down. I find it very difficult to find writers who can put melees without sounding like they are doctoring the whole situation so that somehow they come out smart strategistsin the end. Conn is a very talented strategist & can put detailsin a way that makes you not want miss a line because you know it all counts when you get to the numerous great fights. This is a really good book & nothing less of the many other books Conn had authored about war. It also gives us men a very good insight into the politics of man & the effects of power on us.
I just hope that 1, Conn would not be as explicit with sexual encounters & 2, that he would write the next book asap!
Great book - By: Robin Fischer, 24 May 2008 Exciting from the beginning to the very end, & the knowledge that it's based on real history makes it even more thrilling
Bring on the sons! - By: Mr. A. I. Harrison, 06 May 2008 I greatly enjoyed this next chapter of the Genghis story but not as much as Wolf of the Plains.
I think this is partly history's fault, Genghis was so all conquering that this books lacks for a bit of competative tension, also, whereas the first book made you very sympathetic to Genghis cause, following his childhood exile,in this his exploits of mass slaughter, rape & plunder make him a little less easy to share a camp fire with. Iggulden tries to a degree to excuse his actions as him 'removing the foot of the Chin from the neck of his people' however as the book progresses this is hard to buy & I really don't think he should bother, Genghis is what he is, the original meglamaniac.
The intrigue with his sons & ancestors is where the Mongol story really gets interesting & I do hope Mr Iggulden explores this part of history for us rather than stopping with the death of the great Khan himself.
Then I hope he does for the Alexander story what he did for Julius Caesar, as I don't want to think of him as Colin Farrell for the rest of my days.
