Joanna Kavenna

In the steppes of a warlord

Tim Cope's moving account of his 6,000-mile ride across the lands of the nomads, On the Trail of Genghis Khan, is vast, repetitive and meandering — just like his journey

  • On the Trail of Genghis Khan: An Epic Journey Through the Land of the Nomads

    Tim Cope

    Bloomsbury, pp. 509

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