Introduction

‘The Road of the Eagles’ is an REH story and title for which two drafts presently exist. It’s an unpublished historical adventure story that de Camp turned into a Conan tale.

  1. An early draft that Glenn Lord published in the Donald Grant book ROAD OF AZRAEL as THE WAY OF THE SWORDS.
  2. A final draft (now at Cross Plains Public Library) that L. Sprague de Camp found and rewrote as “Conan, Man of Destiny,” then later published as THE ROAD OF THE EAGLES.

Alternate titles:

THE WAY OF THE SWORDS and THE ROAD OF THE EAGLES.

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The L. Sprague de Camp Conan story titled “Conan, Man of Destiny” appears in:

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