Durandal (novel)
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| Durandal | |
 Dust-jacket from the first full edition |
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| Author | Harold Lamb |
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| Illustrator | George Barr and Alicia Austin |
| Cover artist | George Barr and Alicia Austin |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Fantasy novel |
| Publisher | Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. |
| Publication date | 1981 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 156 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-937986-45-3 |
| Followed by | The Sea of the Ravens |
Durandal is a novel of historical fiction by Harold Lamb. The complete novel was first published in book form in 1981 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in an edition of 1,875 copies of which 400 were boxed and signed by the artists. The novel originally appeared in Adventure in 1926. It was published with its two sequel novels (which had also appeared in Adventure) with new linking sections by Doubleday in 1931.
[edit] Plot introduction
A Crusader, betrayed by a scheming emperor and pursued by Muslim swordsmen, discovers the sword of Roland.
[edit] References
- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd., 327.
- Clute, John; John Grant (1997). The Encyclopedia of Fantasy. New York: St. Martin's Press, 557. ISBN 0-88184-708-9.
