FenrisUlf Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 Just for those interested -- a biography of the Baron Ungern von Sternberg is currently out, titled The Bloody White Baron of Mongolia. He's a Pulp-era character who's always fascinated me, as much due to the occult weirdness* that surrounded him as to the sheer brutality of his actions. Has anyone read this book, and if so, can you give it any kind of a review? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted March 29, 2009 Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 Re: The Bloody Baron of Mongolia's bio is out Yeah, I'd be interested myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostDancer Posted July 14, 2014 Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 Thanks, I'll borrow it. The bloody white baron : the extraordinary story of theRussian nobleman who became the last Khan of Mongolia by Palmer, James, 1978- Publication Date 2009 2008 Library Eastpointe Memorial Library St. Clair Shores Public Library Format Excerpt: The bloody white baron : the extraordinary story of the Russian nobleman who became the last Khan Also see Beasts, Men and Gods- A book dealing with the Mad Baron was well received- here is a review, followed by author information from wikipedia.Once I picked it up, I did not put it down until it was finished..Adventure, revolution, politics, spies, travel, eastern religions,geology, survival are just a short list of items covered in thiscompelling book. -Robert Ferguson, February 18, 2009After Kolchak's defeat in 1920, Ossendowski joined a group of Polesand White Russians trying to escape from communist-controlled Siberiato India through Mongolia, China and Tibet. After a journey of severalthousand miles the group reached Chinese-controlled Mongolia, only tobe stopped there by the take-over of the country led by mysteriousBaron Roman Ungern von Sternberg. The Baron was a mystic who wasfascinated by the beliefs and religions of the Far East such asBuddhism and Lamaism, and who believed himself to be a reincarnationof Kangchendzönga, the Mongolian god of war. Ungern-Sternberg'sphilosophy was an exceptionally muddled mixture of Russian nationalismwith Chinese and Mongol beliefs. However he also proved to be anexceptional military commander and his forces grew rapidly.Ossendowski joined the baron's army as a commanding officer of one ofthe self-defense troops. He also briefly became Ungern von Sternberg'spolitical advisor and chief of intelligence. Little is known of hisservice at the latter post, which adds to Ossendowski's legend as amysterious person. In late 1920 he was sent with a diplomatic missionto Japan and then the USA, never to return to Mongolia. Some writersbelieve that Ossendowski was one of the people who hid thesemi-mythical treasures of the Bloody Baron.After his arrival to New York, Ossendowski started to work for thePolish diplomatic service and possibly as a spy. At the same time, inlate 1921 he published his first English language book: Beasts, Menand Gods. The novel, a description of his travels during the RussianCivil War and the wars led by the Bloody Baron, became a strikingsuccess and a best-seller. In 1923 it was translated into Polish andthen into several other languages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostDancer Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 Read it twice now. Gory. Great for historical asides. Cites Beasts, Men and Gods a lot, which is a better book for for most campaigns, more memorable, less factual. Beasts, Men and Gods can be read online free from several sources, such as https://archive.org/details/beastsmenandgod00ossegoog , or borrowed from a library, likely in the stacks of a main branch. Detroit allegedly has two- I borrowed one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlHazred Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 Ungern-Sternberg (as Charles Stross styles it) is an important background character in the Laundry universe (warning: TVTropes link -- prepare to waste a lot of time). Which, come to think of it, has lots of Lovecraftian elements, Noir elements... Hmmm... A Pulp Hero Laundry-verse game... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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