Durandal (novel)
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Durandal is a novel of historical fiction by Harold Lamb
Harold Lamb
Harold Albert Lamb was an American historian, screenwriter, short story writer, and novelist.Lamb was born in Alpine, New Jersey. He attended Columbia University, where his interest in the peoples and history of Asia began. Lamb's tutors at Columbia included Carl Van Doren andJohn Erskine. ...

. The complete novel was first published in book form in 1981
1981 in literature
The year 1981 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction given for the first time...

 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in an edition of 1,875 copies of which 400 were boxed and signed by the artists. The novel originally appeared in Adventure
Adventure (magazine)
Adventure magazine was first published in November 1910 as a monthly pulp magazine. Adventure went on become one of the most profitable and critically acclaimed of all the American pulp magazines...

in 1926. It was published with its two sequel novels (which had also appeared in Adventure) with new linking sections by Doubleday in 1931.

Plot introduction

A Crusader, betrayed by a scheming emperor and pursued by Muslim swordsmen, discovers the sword of Roland.
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