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Durandal (1981) The Sea of the Ravens (1983)

Were these texts discovered long after his death? They certainly LOOK like they've been posthumously published, since he died... long before. Rycanada 08:29, 9 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Several of the titles were published after Lamb's death. They were compilations of short stories he'd published in Adventure and other magazines.BillGawne 18:57, 27 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The 1931 edition of Durandal published by Doubleday contains three novellas: Durandal, The Sea of Ravens, and Rusudan. This series of stories was first published in Adventure magazine in 1926 and 1927. The 1931 book edition has black and white illustrations by Allan McNab with a map on the endpapers. I believe the text may have been slightly edited for book publication. In the early 1980s Donald M. Grant published new editions of the first two novellas in separate volumes, with new illustrations by Alicia Austin and George Barr. Apparently the artwork for the third volume, Rusudan, was completed years ago, but Grant has never published the book, probably because the first two sold very slowly. I believe the text for the Grant editions was taken straight from Adventure, with no revision. Paulannis 14:55, 14 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm Howard Andrew Jones, and I've spent the last 15 years tracking down Lamb's work and getting it collected. I've spoken with relatives, family friends, writers influenced by Lamb, and written a master's thesis on Lamb's fiction, not to mention a whole series of book introductions and essays and the Harold Lamb web site. Does anyone have any objection to me using my research to flesh this page out? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bg editor (talk • contribs) 18:43, 1 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

External links[edit]

The author's website at http://www.haroldlamb.net/ is apparently defunct. Robert Hiller (talk) 06:05, 29 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm hoping to take a new website live at www.haroldlamb.com by month's end. I'll update the post when it's set up. H.A. Jones —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.137.145.84 (talk) 21:44, 18 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re: "until his death in 1962 in Rochester, N.Y."[edit]

THE SARATOGIAN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11 , 1962 Saratoga Springs, New York "DEATHS - Harold Albert Lamb, 69, of Beverly Hills, Calif., novelist and historian who chronicled the lives of such figures as Alexander the Great and Genghis Khan." Hope this helps, Darci (talk) 00:25, 4 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Unlisted Work[edit]

Lamb's book "Hannibal: One Man Against Rome (1958)," was one of my favorites. However, I could have sworn he was also the author of a biography on Toussaint Louverture, and the independence of Haiti (St. Dominique). I was reading both at the same time. Do you know if any such works?2602:302:D136:A040:C470:99E9:F705:5CE1 (talk) 19:53, 13 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]