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The Hawks of Outremer
Robert E Howard
The Hawks of Outremer
Robert E Howard
Book Excerpt: ...ng east. Chapter II: The Cast of An AxWhite dawn surged out of the Orient to break in rose-red billows on the hills of Outremer. The rich tints softened the rugged outlines, deepened the blue wastes of the sleeping desert. The castle of the baron Conrad Von Gonler frowned out over a wild and savage waste. Once a stronghold of the Seljuk Turks, its metamorphosis into the manor of a Frankish lord had abated none of the Eastern menace of its appearance. The walls had been strengthened and a barbican built in place of the usual wide gates. Otherwise the keep had not been altered. Now in the dawn a grim, dark figure rode up to the deep, waterless moat which encircled the stronghold, and smote with iron-clad fist on hollow-ringing shield until the echoes reverberated among the hills. A sleepy man-at-arms thrust his head and his pike over the wall above the barbican and bellowed a challenge. The lone rider threw...
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | December 27, 2020 |
ISBN13 | 9798687810791 |
Publishers | INDEPENDENTLY PUBLISHED |
Pages | 34 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 2 mm · 58 g |
Language | English |
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