Swords From the West (99 page)
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Authors: Harold Lamb
Tags: #Crusades, #Historical Fiction, #Action & Adventure, #Fiction, #Fantasy, #Suspense, #Adventure Fiction, #Historical, #Short Stories
The Making of the Morning Star
"He has no voice," cried the bakshi of the rolls. "He knows not Armenian or the speech of the U-luss
"Nay, my lord, this is another caravan. Certainly these are Franks."`
But he continued to inspect the narrow valley, the twin slopes of gray stone cut up into terraces he
Tracing in the sand between his knees, the Arab explained. For seven days' ride the Zarafshan wound
Because the tower belonged to the emperor of Byzantium, or to one of his immortals, as they called t
Bayezid glanced curiously at the group of Frankish*
"As you have said, beyond the Sarai Sea, a journey of a week by horse, until you come to the foot of
"A most curious beast, Master Bearn," observed Clavijo mechanically. "It has more hairs on its tail
Few could match wits even with fair success with the Tatar conqueror, for Timur-i-leng*
"Because, 0 Kha Khan," the Breton rejoined, "it came to my ears that you lacked a man to play at sha
They had heard that beyond the eastern mountain wall was a wide desert and beyond this a sea of salt
These were heading through the villages, tending in the same direction as Inalzig, which was toward
"Am I a prophet, that I should know? Some say it was carved so by the men of the hero Iskander, in t
The minstrel folded his arms and thought for a moment. "When the dust rose from the plain or the mis
"Then the Gur-khan, who was lord of the Roof of the World,,
"Because, sahib, the men of the village have seen him. Sometimes the demon takes the form of a snake
"I'm thinking," he muttered, wiping the sweat from his hands, "that there's a method in his madness.
"Carbonic acid gas!" he exclaimed. "Comes from the stagnant water and decayed vegetation and the gen