The Road of Kings
Publication date: October 1979
Introduction
Non-Howard material.
The Road of Kings is a fantasy novel by Karl Edward Wagner, featuring Robert E. Howard's sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in paperback by Bantam Books in October 1979. Later paperback editions were issued by Ace Books (1987) and Tor Books 2001. The first trade paperback edition was published by Warner Books in 1989. The first British edition was published by Sphere Books (1980, reissued in 1986 and 1989). Aside from the Bantam and Tor editions, all other editions were issued under the variant title Conan: The Road of Kings.
Notes
"A Bantam Book / October 1979"
Printing not stated, no number line
Copyright 1979 by Conan Properties, Inc.
The artist is not credited, Bob Larkin is on the fold-out artwork
"Illustrated by Tim Kirk" on the title page, only the map is signed
Printed in the US
Edition and production details
- Edition
- 1st
- Edition format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- October 1979
- Identifiers
- ISBN: 0-553-12026-3
- Pages
- 209
- Publisher / imprint
- Bantam Books
- Cover art
- Bob Larkin
- Illustrations
- Tim Kirk
2 contents entries
- The Road of Kings • interior artwork by Tim Kirk artwork
- The Road of Kings • [Conan Pastiches] • novel by Karl Edward Wagner 6 · novel
Contributors
- Bob Larkin
- Cover artist
- Tim Kirk
- Illustrator
Additional related terms
Preserved from the former REH World tagging system; these terms have not yet been assigned as contributors, characters or subjects.
Bibliographic and editorial layers
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REH World editorial layer
- Title
- The Road of Kings
- Publisher
- Bantam Books
- Date
- October 1979