Il signore di Samarcanda e altre storie orientali

Edition and production details

Language

Italian

26 linked Howard works

• A Song Out of Midian verse Publications
• A Word from the Outer Dark verse Publications
• Gates of Empire story Howard writing Publications
• Lord of Samarcand story Howard writing Publications
• Mihiragula verse Publications
• Only a Shadow on the Grass verse Publications
• Recap of Harold Lamb’s "The Wolf Chaser story Howard writing Publications
• Red Blades of Black Cathay story Howard writing Publications
• Roar, Silver Trumpets verse Publications
• The Builders (1, "We reared up Babel's towers") verse Publications
• The Builders (2, "We reared Bab-ilu's towers") verse Publications
• The Desert verse Publications
• The King's Service story Howard writing Publications
• The Lion of Tiberias story Howard writing Publications
• The Lion of Tiberias (Draft pages) story Howard writing Publications
• The Peasant on the Euphrates verse Publications
• The Shadow of the Vulture story Howard writing Publications
• The Slave-Princess story Howard writing Publications
• The Slave-Princess story Howard writing Publications
• The Sowers of the Thunder story Howard writing Publications
• The Tartar Raid verse Publications
• The Tower of Zukala verse Publications
• The Voice of El-Lil story Howard writing Publications
• Timur-Lang verse Publications
• Untitled (The Black Stone [synopsis]) story Howard writing Publications
• Untitled (The Persians had all fled …) story Howard writing Publications

28 contents entries

1. "Nota introduttiva" ("Introductory Note") by Armando Corridore
2. " Le rosse lame del Catai nero " ("Red Blades of Black Cathay") by REH & Tevis Clyde Smith
3. " I seminatori di tuono " ("The Sowers of the Thunder ")
4. " Il signore di Samarcanda " ("Lord of Samarcand ")
5. " Il leone di Tiberiade " ("The Lion of Tiberias ")
6. " L'ombra dell'avvoltoio " ("The Shadow of the Vulture ")
7. " Le porte dell'impero " ("Gates of Empire ")
8. " La voce di El-lil " ("The Voice of El-Lil ")
9. Poesie e frammenti (Poems & Fragments )
10. " Il Deserto " ("The Desert") (poem)
11. " Un’incursione dei tartari " ("The Tartar Raid") (poem)
12. " Mihiragula " (poem)
13. " Timur Lang " (poem)
14. " I costruttori " ("The Builders") (1, poem)
15. " I costruttori " ("The Builders") (2, poem)
16. " Il popolo dell’Eufrate " ("The Peasant on the Euphrates") (poem)
17. " Ruggite, trombe d’argento " ("Roar, Silver Trumpets") (poem)
18. " Solo un’ombra sull’erba " ("Only a Shadow on the Grass") (poem)
19. " Il canto dell’antico Midian " ("A Song Out of Midian") (poem)
20. " La torre di Zukala " ("The Tower of Zukala") (poem)
21. " Una parola dal buio profondo " ("A Word from the Outer Dark") (poem)
22. Recap of Harold Lamb's " The Wolf Chaser "
23. " Frammento senza titolo " [untitled draft (The Persians had all fled . . .)]
24. " Sinossi senza titolo – La Pietra Nera " (untitled synopsis "The Black Stone")
25. " Al servizio del Re " ("The King's Service")
26. " Il Leone di Tiberiade " ("The Lion of Tiberias") (Draft)
27. " La principessa schiava " ("The Slave Princess") (synopsis)
28. " La principessa schiava " ("The Slave Princess") (fragment)

Contributors

Armando Corridore

Essayist

Gary Gianni

Cover artist