“Sometimes, power could change hands as quickly as a knife thrust.”
“Sometimes, power could change hands as quickly as a knife thrust.”
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“My word is iron," Kublai said to the guards, as Meng Guang was led away. "Your people will come to know this, in time.”
Conn Iggulden, Conqueror“We are all fools with our sons. We wipe them and suckle them and all we expect is for them to be grateful to the end of their days.”
Conn Iggulden, Conqueror“You have a powerful army, Kublai, but the best force is one you do not have to use.”
Conn Iggulden, Conqueror“Sung Win smiled to himself, enjoying the tension across his shoulders and the way his pulse beat in his veins. All life involved risk.”
Conn Iggulden, Conqueror“It's all you can say, when the end comes: 'I did not waste my time.' I think that matters. I think it may be all that matters.”
Conn Iggulden, Conqueror“I am the rightful khan of the nation. I am the gur-khan. My word is iron and my word is law.”
Conn Iggulden, Conqueror“Kublai went on as if he had not spoken.“Before you all, in the lands of my enemies, I declare myself great khan of the nation, of the khanates under my brothers, Hulegu and Arik-Boke, of the Chagatai khanate and all others. I declare myself great khan of the Chin lands and the Sung. I have spoken and my word is iron!”
Conn Iggulden, Conqueror“I am not you and all my choices have already been made, good and bad.”
Conn Iggulden, Conqueror“No worthy goal should come easily, he told himself. Suffering created value.”
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