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Swords from the West
Harold Lamb
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Description for Swords from the West
Paperback. A compendium of Harold Lamb's previously uncollected crusader stories. Editor(s): Jones, Howard Andrew. Num Pages: 622 pages, appendix. BIC Classification: FJH; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 824.
Beset by enemies on every side and torn by internal divisions, the crusader kingdoms were a hotbed of intrigue, where your greatest ally might be your natural enemy. Because lives and kingdoms often rested on the edge of a sword blade, it was a time when a bold heart and a steady hand would see you far—so long as you watched your back. Here, for the first time, are all seventeen of Harold Lamb’s uncollected crusader stories in one volume. Read now of the fall of kingdoms and the fate of doomed men, of desperate battles and brave comrades, of shrewd ... Read more
Beset by enemies on every side and torn by internal divisions, the crusader kingdoms were a hotbed of intrigue, where your greatest ally might be your natural enemy. Because lives and kingdoms often rested on the edge of a sword blade, it was a time when a bold heart and a steady hand would see you far—so long as you watched your back. Here, for the first time, are all seventeen of Harold Lamb’s uncollected crusader stories in one volume. Read now of the fall of kingdoms and the fate of doomed men, of desperate battles and brave comrades, of shrewd ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
622
Condition
New
Number of Pages
622
Place of Publication
Nebraska, United States
ISBN
9780803220355
SKU
V9780803220355
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About Harold Lamb
Harold Lamb (1892–1962), who wrote biographies and screenplays as well as historical fiction, is best remembered for his tales of Cossacks and Crusaders. Howard Andrew Jones is the managing editor of Black Gate magazine and the editor of the Bison Books editions of Harold Lamb’s Wolf of the Steppes, Warriors of the Steppes, Riders of the Steppes, and Swords of ... Read more
Reviews for Swords from the West
“Lamb knew how to write straight-ahead adventure the way Michelangelo knew how to paint.”—S. M. Stirling "Rest assured that every single solitary tale within the covers of Swords From the West is worth reading."—Deuce Richardson, Cimmerian "As a young writer and history buff, I loved Harold Lamb, and this reprinting of the seventeen so-called "Crusader stories" from Adventure Magazine reminded ... Read more