October 2023 Issue John Man Genghis, By Those Who Knew Him Best The Secret History of the Mongols By Christopher P Atwood (Translated from Mongolian) LR
November 2016 Issue John Man Obscure Empires Brought to Light The History of Central Asia: The Age of Islam and the Mongols By Christoph Baumer (Translated by Martina Dervis & Dafydd Roberts) LR
August 2015 Issue Timothy Brook Our Father in Mongolia Genghis Khan: The Man Who Conquered the World By Frank McLynn LR
August 2004 Issue Adam LeBor Lord of the Fortunate Conjunction Tamerlane: Sword of Islan Conqueror of the World By Justin Marozzi LR
June 2014 Issue Frank McLynn Centaurs of the Steppes The Mongol Empire: Genghis Khan, His Heirs, and the Founding of Modern China By John Man LR
April 2006 Issue Justin Marozzi He on Honey-Dew Hath Fed Kublai Khan: From Xanadu to Superpower By John Man LR
May 2013 Issue John Man Rafts on a Sea of Grass The History of Central Asia, Volume One: The Age of the Steppe Warriors By Christoph Baumer (translated by Miranda Bennett) LR
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