The Mongol Storm'Brain stretching . . . pulsating . . . irresistible' The Sunday Times 'Deeply researched and elegantly written essential reading' Dan Jones 'Erudite, often thrilling and much needed' Daily Telegraph How the Mongol invasions of the Near East reshaped the balance of world power in the Middle Ages. For centuries, the Crusades have been central to the story of the medieval Near East, but these religious wars are only part of the region's complex history.