Cover image unavailableIntroduction
The Sword Woman from Berkley is a collection of stories about Agnes de Chastillon (also known as Agnes de Chastillon, Dark Agnes, Agnes de la Fere and The Sword Woman). She is a fictional character created by Robert E. Howard and the protagonist of three stories set in 16th Century France, which were not printed until long after the author’s death.
Read more about Dark Agnes.
Notes
Assumed first printing. Artwork signed by Ken Kelly.
Gerald W. Page completed the unfinished draft, using the synopsis by Robert E. Howard.
Edition and production details
- Language
- English
- Edition
- 1st
- Edition format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Identifiers
- ISBN:
- Pages
- 169
- Publisher / imprint
- Berkley
- Cover art
- Ken Kelly
- Illustrations
- None
5 linked Howard works
- Blades for France story Howard writing Publications
- Mistress of Death story Howard writing Publications
- Sword Woman story Howard writing Publications
- The King's Service story Howard writing Publications
- The Shadow of the Hun story Howard writing Publications
12 contents entries
- "Introduction" by Leigh Brackett
- Introduction (Sword Woman) • (1977) • essay by Leigh Brackett 1 · introduction
- "Sword Woman"
- Sword Woman • [Agnes de Chastillon] • (1975) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 7 · novelette
- "Blades for France"
- Blades for France • non-genre • [Agnes de Chastillon] • (1975) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 59 · novelette
- "Mistress of Death" (Completed by Gerald W. Page)
- Mistress of Death • [Agnes de Chastillon] • (1971) • short story by Robert E. Howard and Gerald W. Page 91 · story
- "The King's Service"
- The King's Service • (1976) • short story by Robert E. Howard 115 · story
- "The Shadow of the Hun"
- The Shadow of the Hun • non-genre • [Turlogh O'Brien] • (1975) • short story by Robert E. Howard 143 · story
Contributors
- Leigh Brackett
- Introduction author
- Ken Kelly
- Cover artist
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
Bibliographic source layer
- Title
- Sword Woman
- Publisher
- Berkley
- Date
- December 1979
- Source file
- swomany.htm
REH World editorial layer
- Title
- The Sword Woman
- Publisher
- Berkley
- Date
- 1979