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The Sowers of the Thunder

1979

Material type

Publication date: 1979

Introduction

The Ace edition. The Sowers of the Thunder is a historical fiction short story by American writer Robert E. Howard, originally published in Oriental Stories, Winter 1932. It takes place in Outremer (the Crusader states) in the time of General Baibars and deals with the General's friendly/adversarial relationship with Cahal Ruadh O'Donnell, an Irish Crusader with a troubled past cut in the Howardian mold. Both the Siege of Jerusalem (1244) and the Battle of La Forbie feature in the plot.

Notes

1st printing as per number line
Historical fiction
Lavishly illustrated by Krenkel

Profusely illustrated with the Roy G. Krenkel black & white illustrations from the Donald Grant edition.

Edition and production details

Format details: Mass-market paperback

Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 1979
Identifiers: ISBN-10: 0441776205
Pages: 285
Publisher / imprint: Ace Books
Cover art: Esteban Maroto
Illustrations: Roy G. Krenkel

4 linked Howard works

11 contents entries

"Introduction" by Roy G. Krenkel
The Sowers of the Thunder • (1973) • interior artwork by Roy G. Krenkel artwork
"The Lion of Tiberias"
Introduction (The Sowers of the Thunder) • (1973) • essay by Roy G. Krenkel 9 · introduction
"The Sowers of the Thunder"
The Lion of Tiberias • non-genre • (1933) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 17 · novelette
"Lord of Samarcand"
The Sowers of the Thunder • non-genre • (1932) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 73 · novelette
"The Shadow of the Vulture"
Lord of Samarcand • non-genre • (1932) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 145 · novelette
The Shadow of the Vulture • non-genre • (1934) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 215 · novelette

Contributors

Esteban Maroto: Cover artist
Roy G. Krenkel: Illustrator

Additional related terms

Preserved from the former REH World tagging system; these terms have not yet been assigned as contributors, characters or subjects.

Robert E. Howard

Bibliographic and editorial layers

Howard Works source layer

Title: The Sowers of the Thunder
Publisher: Ace
Date: July 1979
Source file: sowersa.htm

REH World editorial layer

Title: The Sowers of the Thunder
Publisher: Ace Books
Date: 1979