Author : Robert Ervin Howard
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (969 download)
Book Synopsis The Phoenix on the Sword Annotated (Conan the Barbarian #1) by : Robert Ervin Howard
Download or read book The Phoenix on the Sword Annotated (Conan the Barbarian #1) written by Robert Ervin Howard and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-10-12 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Phoenix on the Sword begins with a middle-aged Conan of Cimmeria attempting to govern the turbulent kingdom of Aquilonia.Conan has recently seized the bloody crown of Aquilonia from King Numedides whom he strangled upon his throne; however, things have not gone well, as Conan is more suited to swinging a broadsword than to signing official documents with a stylus. The people of Aquilonia, who originally welcomed Conan as their liberator from Numedides' tyranny, have gradually turned against him due to his foreign Cimmerian blood. They have built a statue to Numedides' memory in the temple of Mitra, and people burn incense before it, hailing it as the holy effigy of a saintly monarch who was done to death by a red-handed barbarian.