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Informationen zum Autor Harold Lamb (1892-1962), who wrote biographies and screenplays as well as historical fiction, is best remembered for his tales of Cossacks and crusaders. Howard Andrew Jones is the managing editor of Black Gate magazine and the editor of Lamb's Swords from the Desert and Swords from the West, both available in Bison Books editions. James Enge teaches Latin, Greek, and classical civilization at a public university in Ohio. He is the author of Blood of Ambrose and This Crooked Way. Klappentext Their conquest was measured not in miles but in degrees of longitude. They smashed the gates of empires, overthrew kingdoms, diverted rivers, and depopulated entire countries. They were the Mongols of Genghis Khan, swift and merciless but also resourceful, bold, and cunning. Their tale has seldom been told in the West, and never by an author with the acumen of Harold Lamb. Ride with young Temujin as he outwits schemers and assassins and rises to conquer Asia as Genghis Khan. Venture to the land beneath the northern lights on a mission of vengeance with Maak the Buriat. Stand with Aruk the gatekeeper and Hugo the Frank as they hold the pass against the Sungar hordes. Lamb's action-packed Mongolian stories, available here in one complete volume, restore the Mongols to their place in history, portraying them not as mindless barbarians but as men of honor and bravery who laid down their lives for their leader and their lands. Zusammenfassung In a time when westerners still spoke publicly about ""the white man's burden""! Harold Lamb was crafting action-packed stories featuring Arabs! Mongols! and Hindus as heroic! sympathetic! and believable characters. Assembled in this volume are four novellas and three short stories gleaned from the work of one of the greatest pulp writers. Inhaltsverzeichnis ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroductionThe Gate in the SkyThe Wolf-ChaserThe Three PalladinsThe House of the StrongestThe Road of the GiantsAzadi's JestThe NetThe Book of the Tiger: The WarriorThe Book of the Tiger: The EmperorSleeping LionAppendixAbout the AuthorSource Acknowledgments...
