Purple Pirate

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Purple Pirate
Dust-jacket from the first edition
AuthorTalbot Mundy
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesTros
GenreFantasy novel
PublisherAppleton-Century
Publication date
1935
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pages367 pp
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OCLC581460
Preceded byQueen Cleopatra 

Purple Pirate is a fantasy novel by author Talbot Mundy. It was first published in 1935 by Appleton-Century.

Plot introduction

The novel concerns the further adventures of Tros of Samathrace who battles intrigue in Cleopatra's court while he woos her sister.

dust-jacket by W.I. van der Poel from the Gnome Press reprint

Publication history

References

  • Chalker, Jack L. (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 307. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Clute, John (1997). The Encyclopedia of Fantasy. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 669. ISBN 0-88184-708-9. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Tuck, Donald H. (1978). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 323. ISBN 0-911682-22-8.