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Durandal 
Dust-jacket from the first full editionAuthor(s) Harold Lamb 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 0-937986-45-3 OCLC Number 8514042 Dewey Decimal 813/.52 19 LC Classification PZ7.L164 Dt 1981 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.
Plot introduction
A Crusader, betrayed by a scheming emperor and pursued by Muslim swordsmen, discovers the sword of Roland.
References
- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd.. pp. 327.
- Clute, John; John Grant (1997). The Encyclopedia of Fantasy. New York: St. Martin's Press. pp. 557. ISBN 0-88184-708-9.
Categories:- 1926 novels
- American fantasy novels
- Novels set in the Crusades
- Works originally published in Adventure (magazine)
- 1980s novel stubs
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