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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Harold Lamb , Howard Andrew Jones , Scott OdenPublisher: University of Nebraska Press Imprint: Bison Books Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.431kg ISBN: 9780803225169ISBN 10: 0803225164 Pages: 328 Publication Date: 01 September 2009 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsForeword Acknowledgments Introduction The Rogue's Girl The Shield The Guest of Karadak The Road to Kandahar The Light of the Palace The Way of the Girl The Eighth Wife Appendix About the Author Source AcknowledgmentsReviewsLamb knew how to write straight-ahead adventure the way Michelangelo knew how to paint. -S. M. Stirling| Heavy on history but with enough action to give aerodynamic lift, Lamb's prose exemplifies and occasionally transcends the pulp genre. -Mike Pursley, PopMatters.com| All of the stories collected in Swords from the Desert are excellent adventure tales brilliantly told, and they offer a wonderful glimpse of the culture and landscape where the Crusades were fought. -Eva Ulett, Historical Novels Review ""Lamb was an expert plotter. His stories...fly forward with the velocity of galloping horsemen. Robert E. Howard, the creator of Conan, viewed them as models...Like a burial mound's hidden hoard of treasure, they lay undisturbed, awaiting their rediscovery by Mr. Jones--and now a growing band of admirers."" JOHN J. MILLER, The Wall Street Journal, 26th Aug 2009 Lamb was an expert plotter. His stories...fly forward with the velocity of galloping horsemen. Robert E. Howard, the creator of Conan, viewed them as models...Like a burial mound's hidden hoard of treasure, they lay undisturbed, awaiting their rediscovery by Mr. Jones--and now a growing band of admirers. JOHN J. MILLER, The Wall Street Journal, 26th Aug 2009 Lamb knew how to write straight-ahead adventure the way Michelangelo knew how to paint. -S. M. Stirling -- S. M. Stirling Heavy on history but with enough action to give aerodynamic lift, Lamb's prose exemplifies and occasionally transcends the pulp genre. -Mike Pursley, PopMatters.com -- Mike Pursley PopMatters.com All of the stories collected in Swords from the Desert are excellent adventure tales brilliantly told, and they offer a wonderful glimpse of the culture and landscape where the Crusades were fought. -Eva Ulett, Historical Novels Review -- Eva Ulett Historical Novels Review Author InformationHarold 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 the Steppes. Scott Oden, a writer of historical fiction and fantasy, is the author of Men of Bronze and Memnon. More information about Harold Lamb and his works is available at www.haroldlamb.com. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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