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Blades for France
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Introduction
Blades for France is one of Howard’s Dark Agnes de Chastillon stories, set in sixteenth-century France. Howard’s Dark Agnes material was not published until after his death.
Textual states
Shown in a practical developmental order where possible: synopsis/outline, numbered drafts, submission states, then published or posthumous states. This display order does not itself assert exact chronology or textual authority.
Publication appearances
Blades for FranceGeorge Hamilton1975↗
Terra Fantasy 37: Horde aus dem Morgenland (Horde from the East)Erich Pabel Verlag KGAugust 1977 April 1980 (2nd printing)↗
The Sword WomanZebraMay 1977↗
The Sword WomanBerkley1979↗
Agnès de ChastillonNeOJune 1983 September 1985 (2nd printing ?)↗
Sword WomanAceOctober 1986↗
Agnès de ChastillonFleuve NoirJuly 1993↗
Bucanero 2Bucanero (Spain)1996↗
Врата империи (Vrata imperii) ( Gates of Empire ) P ublication information courtesy of the Russian website Laboratory of Fantasy .Северо-Запад (Severo-Zapad) (North-West)1998↗
Cобрания Cочинений Том 4. След Гунна (Cobraniia Cochinenii Tom 4. Sled Gunna) (Collected Works Volume 4. Trace of the Hun) Cover and p ublication information courtesy of the Russian website Laboratory of Fantasy .Терра — Книжный клуб (Terra - Book Club) Северо-Запад (Severo-Zapad) (North-West)2003↗
Espadachinas (Sword Woman)La Biblioteca del Laberinto (Spain)June 2006↗
The Robert E. Howard Foundation Newsletter v4 #4Robert E. Howard FoundationWinter 2010 (mailed December 2010)↗
Sword Woman and Other Historical AdventuresBallantine Books - Del ReyJanuary 2011↗
Dark Agnes, donna di spadaElaraMay 2011↗
The Dark Agnes Series: Blades for FranceParadox Entertainment Inc.June 2012↗
Agnès la NoireBragelonneJune 2014↗
Herrin des Todes (Mistress of Death)Apex VerlagAugust 2018 ( Trade paperback ) May 2018 (eBook)↗
Проклятие океана (Prokliatie okeana) (Curse of the Ocean) Cover and p ublication information courtesy of the Russian website Laboratory of Fantasy .Подсолнухи (Sunflowers)2020↗
Тигры морей (Tigry morei) (Tigers of the Seas) Covers and p ublication information courtesy of the Russian website Laboratory of Fantasy. 2020 November 2021Северо-Запад (Severo-Zapad) (North-West) T8 Rugram (See notes)2020 November 2021↗
Agnès de Chastillon: kvinnan med Svärd ( Agnès de Chastillon: The Sword Woman)YabotOctober 2021 November 2021 (eBook & Audiobook)↗
La espadachina y otras fantasías históricas (The Sword Woman and Other Historical Fantasies)La Hermandad del Enmascarado (Spain)July 2024↗
Agnès de Chastillon: The Sword WomanYabotJanuary 2025↗
Dark Agnes e Outras HistóriasPipoca e NanquimJanuary 2026↗