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Conan: The Tower of the Elephant
An adaptation of one of the most celebrated Conan stories by creator Robert E. Howard!
This gloriously illustrated work is brought to life by veteran fantasy comics artist Valentin Sécher (Michael Moorcock’s Elric) and translated for the first time into English.
“Conan stood for a moment on the parapet, fascinated by the fabulous jewlels with their frosty reflections that dazzled diamonds, rubies, emeralds, turquoises, moonstones, as big as stars, all encrusted in the silver wall of the tower.”
In the Maul district of Zamora, where bandits got to celebrate their crimes, a young barbarian, black hair, broad shoulders and a powerful torso, hears a Kothian talking about the Tower of the Elephant. The thief tells him that it contains in its heights the Heart of the Elephant, a marvellous jewel that offers wealth and powers to the one who holds it. Without preparation, Conan the Cimmerian undertakes the ascent of this tower reputed to be impregnable, a journey that will test the body and mind of the barbarian…
Translated for the first time into English, this gloriously illustrated work is an adaptation of one of the most celebrated Conan stories by creator Robert E. Howard.
This gloriously illustrated work is brought to life by veteran fantasy comics artist Valentin Sécher (Michael Moorcock’s Elric) and translated for the first time into English.
“Conan stood for a moment on the parapet, fascinated by the fabulous jewlels with their frosty reflections that dazzled diamonds, rubies, emeralds, turquoises, moonstones, as big as stars, all encrusted in the silver wall of the tower.”
In the Maul district of Zamora, where bandits got to celebrate their crimes, a young barbarian, black hair, broad shoulders and a powerful torso, hears a Kothian talking about the Tower of the Elephant. The thief tells him that it contains in its heights the Heart of the Elephant, a marvellous jewel that offers wealth and powers to the one who holds it. Without preparation, Conan the Cimmerian undertakes the ascent of this tower reputed to be impregnable, a journey that will test the body and mind of the barbarian…
Translated for the first time into English, this gloriously illustrated work is an adaptation of one of the most celebrated Conan stories by creator Robert E. Howard.
56 pages, Hardcover
First published March 1, 1933
About the author
Robert E. Howard
3,018 books2,661 followersRobert Ervin Howard was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. Howard wrote "over three-hundred stories and seven-hundred poems of raw power and unbridled emotion" and is especially noted for his memorable depictions of "a sombre universe of swashbuckling adventure and darkling horror."
He is well known for having created—in the pages of the legendary Depression-era pulp magazine Weird Tales—the character Conan the Cimmerian, a.k.a. Conan the Barbarian, a literary icon whose pop-culture imprint can only be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Count Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond.
—Wikipedia
Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
He is well known for having created—in the pages of the legendary Depression-era pulp magazine Weird Tales—the character Conan the Cimmerian, a.k.a. Conan the Barbarian, a literary icon whose pop-culture imprint can only be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Count Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond.
—Wikipedia
Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
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