The Phoenix On The Swordconan The Barbarian 1 Illustrated

Download or read book The Phoenix on the Sword(Conan the Barbarian #1) Illustrated written by Robert Ervin Howard and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.