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Purple Pirate

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Purple Pirate
First edition
AuthorTalbot Mundy
LanguageEnglish
SeriesTros
GenreFantasy novel
PublisherAppleton-Century
Publication date
1935
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pages367
OCLC581460
Preceded byQueen Cleopatra 

Purple Pirate is a fantasy novel by author Talbot Mundy. It was first published in 1935 by Appleton-Century. Parts of the story appeared in the magazine Adventure.[1]

Plot introduction

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

Reception

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Galaxy reviewer Floyd C. Gale gave the novel five stars out of five. He noted that the novel avoided the decline in quality he expected in sequels, matching the prior volume in "plot audacity, skill of execution and characterization."[2]

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

Publication history

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References

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  1. ^ Cleopatra's Promise (a novelette) in Adventure vol. 92 # 4, June 15th, 1935
  2. ^ "Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf", Galaxy, February 1960, p.165.
  • Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 307.
  • Clute, John; John Grant (1997). The Encyclopedia of Fantasy. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 669. ISBN 0-88184-708-9.
  • Tuck, Donald H. (1978). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 323. ISBN 0-911682-22-8.