The Secret History of The Mongols & Other Works

In this unforgettable book, Arthur Waley brings together a number of his articles, poems & translations. Included in this collection are pieces on the eighth-century Chinese poet Ts'en Shên & the great Chinese prose writer, Han Yü, as well as some of Waley's original poems & stories.

But the most compelling is The Secret History of the Mongols, consisting of long extracts from a thirteenth-century Chinese saga. Written in vivid, elegant prose, it recounts fantastic tales of epic battles; of betrayal & love; of tyrants & prisoners. Suffused with symbolism & folklore, it is a masterpiece of storytelling which will appeal to the scholar and the ordinary reader alike.