The Phoenix on the Sword (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781979806923)

"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.

Author: Robert Ervin Howard
ISBN-10: 1979806926
ISBN-13: 9781979806923
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 04/15/2018
Pages: 32
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.22lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.07d