Khubilai Khan : His Life and Times

"Khubilai Khan is much more than a biography. It is a comprehensive treatment of the cultural and political dimensions of the 13th century in both China and Central Asia."

-- Pamela Kyle Crossley, The New Republic

"Khubilai Khan will probably stand for many years as the best account of Khubilai available. . . . Rossabi, his scholarship a patient accretion of details, provides us with a fascinating portrait of a restless nomad chieftain seen mainly through the eyes of the sedentary populations over which he ruled."

-- T.H. Barrett, London Review of Books

"Morris Rossabi has written this impressive biography for scholarly use, but he does not neglect the casual reader. He brings Khubilai and his era to life with myriad details, providing an ironic portrait of an invader conquered by his own conquest."

-- Amanda Heller, The Boston Globe

"In this highly readable biography Rossabi confines himself to historical sources to provide a fascinating life of this great ruler."

-- David D. Buck, Library Journal

University Of California Press Web Site
March, 2000

Living from 1215 to 1294 Khubilai Khan is one of history's most renowned figures. Here for the first time is an English-language biography of the man. Morris Rossabi draws on sources from a variety of East Asian, Middle Eastern, and European languages as he focuses on the life and times of the great Mongol monarch.