{"product_id":"silk-and-steel-richard-hill-9780595388264","title":"Silk and Steel: A Medieval Fantasy of Love and Espionage","description":"What would have happened to Western Europe if the Mongol armies that devastated Eastern Europe had continued their campaign as planned? Who can doubt that terror and destruction would have engulfed the West, if the sudden death of Ogotai Kha-Khan had not prevented the advance of the invincible hordes?  \u003cp\u003eIn 1241 the Mongol armies were without peer and undefeated anywhere. Their leader was Subotai, one of the great generals of all time, the victorious veteran of Genghis Khan's campaigns. Against them stood the flower of Western chivalry: the Holy Roman Emperor, kings, dukes, counts, barons, Teutonic Knights, and Knights of the Temple, brave to the point of foolhardiness as individuals, but undisciplined and unable to fight as a coordinated body. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIf The Name of the Rose was the medieval who-done-it, then \u003ci\u003eSilk and Steel\u003c\/i\u003e is the medieval spy story and political thriller. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFast-paced action moves through the courts and cities of thirteenth-century Europe and the battlefields of the Mongol invasions. Sex, love, violence, treachery, intrigue, stupidity, and heroism are set against a realistic, vivid, and meticulously researched portrait of the pomp and barbarism of medieval Europe; of the military techniques of European and Mongol armies; and of the characters and behavior of kings, knights and ordinary people. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Hill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0595388264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595388264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/20\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Richard Hill","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48435550519551,"sku":"9780595388264","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_84d8b21f-a6d9-458a-a086-22a8903e840e.jpg?v=1777151125","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/silk-and-steel-richard-hill-9780595388264","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}