The Bloody Crown of Conan | |
Author: | Robert E. Howard |
Illustrator: | Gary Gianni |
Cover Artist: | Gary Gianni |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Series: | Conan the Barbarian |
Genre: | Sword and sorcery |
Publisher: | Wandering Star Books (UK) Del Rey Books (US) |
Release Date: | 2004 (UK), 2005 (US) |
Pages: | 384 p. |
Preceded By: | The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian |
Followed By: | The Conquering Sword of Conan |
The Bloody Crown of Conan is the second of a three-volume set collecting the Conan stories by author Robert E. Howard. It was originally published in 2004, first in the United Kingdom by Wandering Star Books, under the title Conan of Cimmeria: Volume Two (1934), and then in the United States by Ballantine/Del Rey under the present title in 2005. The Science Fiction Book Club subsequently reprinted the complete set in hardcover. The set is noted for presenting the original, unedited versions of Howard's Conan tales. This volume includes three short novels (two of which had never before been released in their original form) as well as miscellanea for Howard fans and enthusiasts (e.g., drafts, notes, maps, etc.), and is illustrated by artist Gary Gianni.