Historical person
Modu Chanyu
Modu Chanyu is represented in the linked non-fiction through exploration, travel and cultural encounter, political ambition and government, and empire, conquest and resistance. These works approach the figure through the surrounding events, relationships and political conflicts rather than through a standalone biography.
In non-fiction, Modu Chanyu is discussed in John Man’s Barbarians at the Wall, John Man’s The Great Wall, and John Man’s Conquering the North. In John Man’s Barbarians at the Wall, Under Modu Chanyu and his successors, mobile armies challenged the Qin and Han states, forcing Chinese rulers to combine walls, military colonies, diplomacy, trade, tribute and dynastic marriage in their northern strategy.
Non Fiction
Non Fiction featuring Modu Chanyu (3 books)
Biographies, histories and other non-fiction are listed separately from the historical novels above.
