"Ambition in Troubled Times: The Rise of the Ming Dynasty" is a magnificent historical novel that tells the story of the changes in the times and the power struggle between Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan Dynasty, and Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. The novel shows the glory and decline of the Mongol Empire, and how Zhu Yuanzhang rose to power and eventually established the Ming Dynasty.
