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The Sphere edition from 1977. 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
Cover art credit from signature on front cover.
Edition and production details
- Language
- English
- Edition
- 1st
- Edition format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Identifiers
- ISBN: 0-7221-4727-9
- Pages
- 172
- Publisher / imprint
- Sphere
- Cover art
- Melvyn Grant
- Illustrations
- None
4 linked Howard works
- Lord of Samarcand story Howard writing Publications
- The Lion of Tiberias story Howard writing Publications
- The Shadow of the Vulture story Howard writing Publications
- The Sowers of the Thunder story Howard writing Publications
10 contents entries
- "Introduction" by Roy G. Krenkel
- Introduction (The Sowers of the Thunder) • (1973) • essay by Roy G. Krenkel 7 · introduction
- "The Lion of Tiberias"
- The Lion of Tiberias • non-genre • (1933) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 13 · novelette
- "The Sowers of the Thunder"
- The Sowers of the Thunder • non-genre • (1932) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 47 · novelette
- "Lord of Samarcand"
- Lord of Samarcand • non-genre • (1932) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 91 · novelette
- "The Shadow of the Vulture"
- The Shadow of the Vulture • non-genre • (1934) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 131 · novelette
Contributors
- Roy G. Krenkel
- Introduction author
- Melvyn Grant
- Cover artist
Additional related terms
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Bibliographic and editorial layers
Bibliographic source layer
- Title
- The Sowers of the Thunder
- Publisher
- Sphere
- Date
- 1977
- Source file
- sowerss.htm
REH World editorial layer
- Title
- The Sowers of the Thunder
- Publisher
- Sphere
- Date
- 1977