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Lord of Samarcand and Other Adventure Tales of the Old Orient (The Works of Robert E....
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by Robert Ervin Howard, Rusty Burke, and Patrice Louinet
Sales Rank : 122606
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Paperback: 463 pages
Publisher: Bison Books April 1, 2005
Language: English
ISBN-10: 080327355X
ISBN-13: 978-0803273559
Product Dimensions:
7.7 x 5.3 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
Product Review
“A feast of color and a riot of action. . . . Howard’s con brio story-telling is rich in lightly rewritten history. . . . Thanks are due to Rusty Burke for assembling these stories, and to Bison Books for handsomely publishing this volume.”—Peter Skinner, ForeWord Magazine (Peter Skinner ForeWord Magazine )
“A very nice collection and a great buy for the price. . . . It’s very nice to have these available once more, and Howard fans should chase them down while they have the chance.”—Science Fiction Chronicle (Science Fiction Chronicle )
“The mystery and exoticism of the Orient, the pageantry of medieval chivalry, the seductive qualities of the seraglio, and the rise and fall of great empires form the backdrop for a collection of action-packed short stories, all appearing in authoritative versions based on the author’s surviving manuscripts.”—Patrice Louinet, Forecast (Patrice Louinet Forecast )
“Both Conan and Kull were pure fantasy. Before Howard created either, he was writing historical fiction, tales comprised almost entirely of bloody battles taking place in the Middle East during the Crusades. . . . These stories are not for the faint hearted.”—Steve Lewis, Historical Novels Review (Steve Lewis Historical Novels Review )
Product Description
For five centuries of Crusades, European armies of believers, fanatics, and mercenaries warred with the followers of the Prophet for control of Asia Minor and Palestine. From Jerusalem to Vienna, the frontier between West and East saw battle and bloodshed, treachery and butchery on a scale hitherto unknown and unimagined. The pageantry of medieval knighthood, the exoticism of the Orient, the ferocity of the invaders from the steppes, the mysteries of the seraglio, the rise and fall of great dynasties—these provided a real historical backdrop for some of Robert E. Howard’s greatest fiction. This volume contains the complete Oriental stories by the creator of Conan the Barbarian and Solomon Kane. Some were published in Farnsworth Wright’s Oriental Stories between 1930 and 1934; others were left unpublished and are printed here in authoritative texts based on the author’s surviving typescripts; and still others, left unfinished at his death, are presented as suggestive evidence of the work he had yet to do. As this collection attests, no one else writes action stories with Howard’s fast-paced intensity or brooding moral outlook. Here, the fates of empires rest on the swords of exiles, vagabonds, and renegades; whether civilization will be annihilated by religious zealots or by bloodthirsty barbarians, who is to say?
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