Introduction
The Sword Woman from Zebra 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
Five interior black & white illustrations by Stephen Fabian.
Edition and production details
- Format details
- Mass-market paperback
- Edition
- 1st
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- May 1977
- Identifiers
- ISBN: 0-89083-261-7
- Pages
- 176
- Publisher / imprint
- Zebra
- Cover art
- Stephen Fabian
- Illustrations
- Stephen Fabian
5 linked Howard works
- Blades for Francestory
- Mistress of Deathstory
- Sword Womanstory
- The King's Servicestory
- The Shadow of the Hunstory
17 contents entries
- "Introduction" by Leigh Brackett
- Introduction (Sword Woman) • essay by Leigh Brackett 5 · introduction
- "Sword Woman"
- Sword Woman • [Agnes de Chastillon] • (1975) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 13 · novelette
- "Blades for France"
- Sword Woman • (1975) • interior artwork by Stephen Fabian 16 · artwork
- "Mistress of Death" (Completed by Gerald W. Page)
- Blades for France • non-genre • [Agnes de Chastillon] • (1975) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 67 · novelette
- "The King's Service"
- Blades for France • interior artwork by Stephen Fabian 70 · artwork
- "The Shadow of the Hun"
- Mistress of Death • [Agnes de Chastillon] • (1971) • short story by Robert E. Howard and Gerald W. Page 99 · story
- Mistress of Death • interior artwork by Stephen Fabian 102 · artwork
- The King's Service • (1976) • short story by Robert E. Howard 125 · story
- The King's Service • interior artwork by Stephen Fabian 128 · artwork
- The Shadow of the Hun • non-genre • [Turlogh O'Brien] • (1975) • short story by Robert E. Howard 151 · story
- The Shadow of the Hun • interior artwork by Stephen Fabian 154 · artwork
Contributors
- Stephen Fabian
- Cover artist, 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
Howard Works source layer
- Title
- The Sword Woman
- Publisher
- Zebra
- Date
- May 1977
- Source file
- swomanz.htm
REH World editorial layer
- Title
- The Sword Woman
- Publisher
- Zebra
- Date
- May 1977