Gift from tartary, a

A Gift From Tartary, whose central character, a Benedictine monk in the service of the Papacy, is unwillingly thrust into the Mongol whirlwind. The main character and other key players are fictitious, as are particular events relating to their ordeals. The novel is historically accurate, rich in detail. It is the story of one man?s conflict, a scholarly monk torn between his duty to the Church and that pledged to his new masters, the pagan Mongols. This is a journey into one of the most spectacular and contradictory periods of history.