Lord of Samarcand and Other Works by Robert E. Howard

by Robert E. Howard

Overview

This Halcyon Classics ebook collection contains five stories by famed pulp writer Robert Ervin Howard, creator of 'Conan.' Originally published in pulp magazines like 'Weird Tales' and 'Oriental Tales,' this collection includes the historical adventures: 'Lord of Samarcand,' 'Gates of Empire,' 'The Lion of Tiberias,' 'The Shadow of the Vulture,' and 'The Sowers of the Thunder.' Includes an active table of contents for easy navigation.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940011805561
Publisher:	Halcyon Press Ltd.
Publication date:	10/03/2010
Series:	Halcyon Classics , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	177 KB

About the Author

Robert Ervin Howard (1906-1936) grew up in Cross Plains, Texas in the very center of the state. A shy and sickly child, Howard was blessed with a vivid imagination and and a strong will. As a young man, he turned to bodybuilding and boxing to overcome his physical weakness. Howard also found success in writing for popular pulp magazines of the 1920s and 1930s, including WEIRD TALES. He wrote in a variety of genres, including westerns, boxing stories, detective, and horror, but Howard is best known for creating the sword-and-sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. Upon learning of the impending death of his mother from tuberculosis, Howard committed suicide in 1936.