Harold Lamb

THE GRAND CHAM, originally published in Adventure magazine in 1922 but never before in book form, is a grand story of revenge that begins in the camp of the Turkish lord, Bayezid, but quickly moves on to Venice, the deck of a galley, an overland caravan, and the tent of Tamerlane the Great, amongst many other places. When hero Micheal Bearn is crippled by Bayezid, he vows vengeance and escapes captivity, surviving when his companions fall, which serves only to strengthen his resolve. Barefoot, injured, and broke in the land of his enemies shortly after the story opens, he lives to see his fortunes turn, and, most importantly, his vow fulfilled. This is the first book publication of THE GRAND CHAM, which also features a new introduction by Lamb scholar Howard Jones.

Dieses klassische Buch wurde urspr nglich vor Jahrzehnten unter dem Titel "Marching Sands". Es wurde jetzt von Writat f r seine franz sischsprachigen Leser in die franz sische Sprache bersetzt. Bei Writat liegt uns die Bewahrung des literarischen Erbes der Vergangenheit am Herzen. Wir haben dieses Buch ins Franz sische bersetzt, damit heutige und zuk nftige Generationen es lesen und bewahren k nnen.

Marching Sands has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This entire book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books are not made from scanned copies, the text is readable and clear.

This volume assembles three of Harold Lamb's classic adventure stories: the novel The House of the Falcon, as well as the novellas "The Desert Driver" and "The Devil's Bungalow." It also includes an introduction by John Betancourt. The House of the Falcon: Set in the early part of the 20th century, this fine historical novel by tells of a white man in North Africa who is drugged and kidnapped from a bazaar. What follows is a singular adventure... The Desert Driver: Pekin, China. 1923. It's a dangerous place for an American. But when you have a job to do, you need to get it done, no matter who is trying to kill you The Devil's Bungalow: Malcolm Trent, of the firm of Hammerman, Lee and Rambaud ("Unfailing and unquestioning service" was their motto), was a hotshot 22-year-old who had worked his way up from bank runner to invaluable courier. So, logically, it fell to Malcolm Trent to undertake-to oblige a client-to carry a certain package from New York City to India, and from there to Kashmir, which is on top of India, and thence to a point in the Himalaya Mountains, over the border. It was a valuable package, and he was warned that there would probably be attempts to buy or steal it along the way. But Malcolm Trent was as pig-headed as he was full of fight-and if he had a package to deliver, it would be delivered or he would be dead...