Her 2021 book, The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World, was published to critical acclaim, being nominated for the Cundill Prize, the Prose Award in World History by the Association of American Publishers, and listed as a notable book of the year by several publications.
[1][2] Favereau is currently an associate professor of history at Paris Nanterre University,[3] and was a member of the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology.
[6] She then published La Horde d'Or et l'islamisation des steppes eurasiatiques, which is an account of the conversion of the khans Berke and Özbeg, and the spread of Islam amongst the Mongols.
[9] The Horde was a finalist for the Cundill Prize in 2021, being described by a judge, Michael Ignatieff, as a "a vividly written history on a vast canvas".
[10] It was also a finalist in the world history category of the 2022 Prose Awards by the Association of American Publishers.