num_pages: 576
description:  The immortal legacy of Robert E. Howard creator of Conan the Cimmerian continues with this latest compendium of Howards fiction and poetry. These adventures set in medieval-era Europe and the Near East are among the most gripping Howard ever wrote full of pageantry romance and battle scenes worthy of Tolstoy himself. Most of all they feature some of Howards most unusual and memorable characters including Cormac FitzGeoffrey a half-Irish half-Norman man of war who follows Richard the Lion-hearted to twelfth-century Palestineor as it was known to the Crusaders Outremer; Diego de Guzman a Spaniard who visits Cairo in the guise of a Muslim on a mission of revenge; and the legendary sword woman Dark Agns who faced with an arranged marriage to a brutal husband in sixteenth-century France cuts the ceremony short with a dagger thrust and flees to forge a new identity on the battlefield.Lavishly illustrated by award-winning artist John Watkiss and featuring miscellanea informative essays and a fascinating introduction by acclaimed historical author Scott Oden Sword Woman and Other Historical Adventures is a must-have for every fan of Robert E. Howard who in a career spanning just twelve years won a place in the pantheon of great American writers.
language: English
title: Sword Woman and Other Historical Adventures
publisher: Random House Worlds