The Phoenix on the Sword Annotated (Conan the Barbarian #1)

By: Howard, Robert Ervin

The Phoenix on the Sword begins with a middle-aged Conan of Cimmeria attempting to govern the turbulent kingdom of Aquilonia.Conan has recently seized the bloody crown of Aquilonia from King Numedides whom he strangled upon his throne; however, things have not gone well, as Conan is more suited to swinging a broadsword than to signing official documents with a stylus. The people of Aquilonia, who originally welcomed Conan as their liberator from Numedides' tyranny, have gradually turned against him due to his foreign Cimmerian blood. They have built a statue to Numedides' memory in the temple of Mitra, and people burn incense before it, hailing it as the holy effigy of a saintly monarch who was done to death by a red-handed barbarian.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08HVRTXSD
• ISBN13: 9798684839221
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 38 Pages
• Weight: 0.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"