It was issued in a revised edition by ballantine books as the twentyfourth volume of their ballantine adult fantasy series in january 1971. The original text was returned to print by gollancz in 2002. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your. The broken sword read online free book by poul anderson in. He started publishing science fiction in 1947 and became one the great figures in the genre. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Anderson was one of the few who could, possessing a degree in physics and a great depth of knowledge of nordic mythology and ancient languages. Buy the broken sword by anderson, poul, pinchot, bronson from amazons fiction books store. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. In his greed for land and power, orm the strong slays the family of a saxon witchand for his sins, the northman must pay with his newborn son. Poul andersons the broken sword is a fantasy tale in the style of tolkien with a full cavalcade of elves, trolls,and dwarves. After earning a physics degree at the university of minnesota, he found writing science fiction more. The main character of the series is dominic flandry, an imperial intelligence corps.
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The broken sword, poul andersons first fantasy novel after establishing himself in science fiction, appeared in 1954 from publisher abelardschuman. Listen to the broken sword audiobook by poul anderson. Ring, poul andersons novel the broken sword draws on similar scandinavian and anglosaxon. Published the same year as the fellowship of the ring, poul andersons novel the broken sword draws on similar scandinavian and anglosaxon sources. Buy the broken sword by poul anderson from waterstones today. Poul william anderson november 25, 1926 july 31, 2001 was an american science fiction author who began his career in the 1940s and continued to write into the 21st century.
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