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Untitled synopsis (The People of the Black Circle)

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Introduction

This is the surviving untitled synopsis for The People of the Black Circle.

Characters in this exact text

Bhunda ChandBhunda Chand — king of Vendhya; brother of YasminaMentioned3 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Bloody Crown of Conan — PDF pages 240–241governor of PeshkhauriChunder Shan — governor of PeshkhauriMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Bloody Crown of Conan — PDF pages 240–241ConanConan — Cimmerian adventurer who becomes king of AquiloniaMentioned13 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Bloody Crown of Conan — PDF pages 240–241Kerim ShahKerim Shah — Turanian/Hyrcanian agent posing as a prince of IranistanMentioned6 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Bloody Crown of Conan — PDF pages 240–241KhemsaKhemsa — acolyte of the Black Seers who turns against his mastersMentioned6 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Bloody Crown of Conan — PDF pages 240–241princess of KhosalaPrincess of Khosala — unnamed princess who loved Bhunda Chand and possessed his lock of hairMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Bloody Crown of Conan — PDF pages 240–241YasminaYasmina — Devi/ruler of Vendhya; sister of Bhunda ChandMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Bloody Crown of Conan — PDF pages 240–241YezdigerdYezdigerd — king of TuranMentioned2 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Bloody Crown of Conan — PDF pages 240–241

Surviving manuscript evidence

The records below describe surviving physical typescripts, carbons, manuscript material and documentary catalogue evidence for this exact textual state. TSS numbers identify physical catalogue units; they are not story or draft IDs.

Synopsis — surviving Howard synopsis typescriptHoward synopsis typescript
Extent2 pagesCompletenessComplete

Physical extent: 2 pages / 2 TSS catalogue units

TSS: 52642–52643

Original typescript (OT).

Additional documentary notes

  • Untitled Witness: The spreadsheet records this synopsis as untitled. (witness level)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · People of the Black Circle, The (s1) · TSS 52642–52643

Textual witnesses & editorial mediation

These records describe how this textual state is known or represented. A witness may be authorial, editorially mediated, restored, transcribed or otherwise derived without becoming a new Howard-authored textual state.

The Bloody Crown of ConanRestored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

The Bloody Crown of Conan; editorial source basis: Howard original typescript.