The Tiger Queens
  • Published: 25 February 2015
  • ISBN: 9780451417800
  • Imprint: Berkley
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 496
  • RRP: $32.99

The Tiger Queens

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From the author of THE SECRET HISTORY and DAUGHTER OF THE GODS, a novel about the women who really ruled Genghis Khan's fabled empire.

In the late twelfth century, across the sweeping Mongolian grasslands, brilliant, charismatic Temujin ascends to power, declaring himself the Great, or Genghis, Khan. But it is the women who stand beside him who ensure his triumph....
 
After her mother foretells an ominous future for her, gifted Borte becomes an outsider within her clan. When she seeks comfort in the arms of aristocratic traveler Jamuka, she discovers he is the blood brother of Temujin, the man who agreed to marry her and then abandoned her long before they could wed.
 
Temujin will return and make Borte his queen, yet it will take many women to safeguard his fragile new kingdom. Their daughter, the fierce Alaqai, will ride and shoot an arrow as well as any man. Fatima, an elegant Persian captive, will transform her desire for revenge into an unbreakable loyalty. And Sorkhokhtani, a demure widow, will position her sons to inherit the empire when it begins to fracture from within.

In a world lit by fire and ruled by the sword, the tiger queens of Genghis Khan come to depend on one another as they fight and love, scheme and sacrifice, all for the good of their family...and the greatness of the People of the Felt Walls.
  • Published: 25 February 2015
  • ISBN: 9780451417800
  • Imprint: Berkley
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 496
  • RRP: $32.99
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Praise for The Tiger Queens

"Stephanie Thornton's heroines are bold, brave, and powerful--they make me want to stand up and cheer!" --Kate Quinn, author of Lady of the Eternal City



"An epic saga that brings ancient Egypt to life with vivid imagery and lovely prose. Stephanie Thornton is a rising star!"
--Stephanie Dray, author of Lily of the Nile



"A full-out, total immersion experience of ancient Egypt. From her moving love affair with a commoner to her fierce and unwavering commitment to Egypt as a female Pharaoh, Hatshepsut crackles with fascinating complexity." --Vicky Alvear Shecter, author of Cleopatra's Moon and Curses and Smoke: A Novel of Pompeii



Praise for THE SECRET HISTORY:
"A fascinating and vivid account...the life of the Empress Theodora leaps from the page, as colorful and complex as the woman herself." --Michelle Diener, author of The Emperor's Conspiracy




"If there is one book you choose to read on ancient times, let it be The Secret History." Historical Novel Society




Praise for DAUGHTER OF THE GODS:
"A wonderfully intimate and dramatic evocation of Ancient Egypt...This is the kind of book that grabs you by the throat and doesn't let go. A remarkable story, remarkably told." --Kate Furnivall, author of Shadows on the Nile