The Road of the Eagles
| "The Road of the Eagles" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp | |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Fantasy |
| Publication | |
| Published in | Fantastic Universe |
| Publication type | Magazine |
| Media type | Print (Magazine) |
| Publication date | 1955 |
| Series | Conan the Barbarian |
"The Road of the Eagles" (also known as "Conan, Man of Destiny") is a 1955 fantasy novelette by American writer L. Sprague de Camp, based on a story by Robert E. Howard by the same name. Usually credited to Howard and de Camp, it features Conan the Barbarian.
Differences from Howard's original story
[edit]De Camp gave Ivan Sablianka's role to Conan, changed the setting from the Ottoman Empire in 1595 into Howard's Hyborian Age and extensively re-worked the plot and story-line so that a new "Howard" story could be added to the collection Tales of Conan in 1955.
Publication history
[edit]"The Road of the Eagles" was first published in Fantastic Universe in December 1955 under the title Conan, Man of Destiny.[1] In the same year it was also published as part of Tales of Conan but now under the original title "The Road of the Eagles".[2] In 1968 it was republished, under the same title, in the collection Conan the Freebooter.[2]
The original story, now renamed "The Way of the Swords", can be found in The Road of Azrael published in 1979.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Story Index - C: CONAN, MAN OF DESTINY". Howard Works. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
- ^ a b "Story Index - R: THE ROAD OF THE EAGLES". Howard Works. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
- ^ "Story Index - W: THE WAY OF THE SWORDS". Howard Works. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
Sources
[edit]- "The Barbarian Keep: Mistaken Identity: Are you Conan?". Retrieved 2009-05-14.
- Howard, Robert E.; de Camp, L. Sprague (1989). Conan Piraten (in Swedish). Target Games AB. p. 4. ISBN 91-7898-054-2.
External links
[edit]- The Road of the Eagles title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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