Сollected works: adventure and tales. Book 2: 1. Tros of Samothrace; 2. Queen Cleopatra; 3. Purple Pirate; 4. Told in the East.
This volume contains the 5novels of the acclaimed by English-born American writer of adventure fiction Talbot Mundy, no doubt among his most outstanding work, together with the Jimgrim -Ramsden -Ommony Stories; and the Tros series.
His first published work was the short story "Pig-sticking in India", which describes a popular, though now outlawed, sport practiced by British forces. Mundy went on to become a regular contributor to the pulp magazines, especially Adventure and Argosy.
Many of his novels, including his first novel Rung Ho!, and his most famous work King of the Khyber Rifles, are set in India during the British Raj in which the loyal British officers encounter ancient Indian mysticism. The novels portray the citizens of Imperial India as enigmatic, romantic and powerful.
The Tros Trilogy is an historical novel with fantasy elements by author Talbot Mundy. The trilogywas constructed of novellas which first appeared in the magazine Adventure in 1925-1935.
Сollected works: adventure and tales. Book 2 - Talbot Mundy
Сollected works: adventure and tales. Book 2: 1. Tros of Samothrace; 2. Queen Cleopatra; 3. Purple Pirate; 4. Told in the East.
This volume contains the 5novels of the acclaimed by English-born American writer of adventure fiction Talbot Mundy, no doubt among his most outstanding work, together with the Jimgrim -Ramsden -Ommony Stories; and the Tros series.
His first published work was the short story "Pig-sticking in India", which describes a popular, though now outlawed, sport practiced by British forces. Mundy went on to become a regular contributor to the pulp magazines, especially Adventure and Argosy.
Many of his novels, including his first novel Rung Ho!, and his most famous work King of the Khyber Rifles, are set in India during the British Raj in which the loyal British officers encounter ancient Indian mysticism. The novels portray the citizens of Imperial India as enigmatic, romantic and powerful.
The Tros Trilogy is an historical novel with fantasy elements by author Talbot Mundy. The trilogywas constructed of novellas which first appeared in the magazine Adventure in 1925-1935.