Amazon.com description: Product Description: The 13th-century "Secret History of the Mongols", covering the great Cinggis Qan's (1162-1227) ancestry and life, is written partly in prose and partly in epic poetry. It is the major native source on Cinggis Qan, also dealing with part of the reign of his son and successor Ogodei (1229-41). This handbook contains a historical introduction, a full translation of the chronicle in accessible English, plus an extensive commentary. It is useful for the historian, the Sino-Mongolist, the Altaic philologist and anyone interested in comparative literature and Central Asian folklore.