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| | Books At Transworld - Book extract from Kublai Khan |
 | | It is a strange fact that the world's greatest land empire, the very image of masculine dominance, owed its existence and growth to extraordinary women. |
 | | As a child, young Genghis was a down-and-out, cared for by his widowed mother Hoelun, who was rejected by her clan and reduced to scrabbling on mountain flanks for juniper berries. |
 | | It was Hoelun who showed him what it took to survive; how to rebuild family links, call upon traditional friendships, create new ones, forge alliances and reward loyalty, never seeking personal gain, always looking out for ordinary people and their families. |
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