The Broken Sword

The Broken Sword

Infobox Book |
name = The Broken Sword
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image_caption = Dust-jacket from the first edition.
author = Poul Anderson
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country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = Fantasy novel
publisher = Abelard-Schuman
release_date = 1954
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 274 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-575-07425-6
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The Broken Sword is a fantasy novel written by the American writer Poul Anderson in 1954. Its importance was recognized in its later revival in paperback by Ballantine Books as the twenty-fourth volume of the celebrated "Ballantine Adult Fantasy series" in January, 1971.

The story is set into the Viking Age and develops the story of the son of Orm the Strong, Skafloc Half-elf; the story has many references to the Norse mythology and elements from the Viking age.

References

*cite book | last=Tuck | first=Donald H. | authorlink=Donald H. Tuck | title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy | location=Chicago | publisher=Advent | pages=9 | date=1974


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