The Dragon of the Ishtar Gate

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"THE DRAGON OF THE ISHTAR GATE...

is a remarkably convincing recreation of the third century B.C. in Persia in the reign of Xerxes ... It is a picaresque story much in the vein of THE ARABIAN NIGHTS ... Bessas' adventures are a chronicle of the deceit, trickery, cruelty and raw courage that has always been the hallmark of the Middle East. Strange, fantastic and marvelous things happen along his route beset by gods, demons, and sorcerors and the reader is irresistibly drawn into the reality of the superstition by a devout believer in it."

—Dr. George Woodbury

"A flashy farrago of fights, feints, flights, fornication, fevers, feasts, facts, folklore, fun, and ferocity is this historical romance from the prolific pen of an author better known for science fiction, fantasy, and solid volumes like LOST CONTINENTS and handbooks on inventions."

—Library Journal

To Sam Freiha of Beirut,

the best tourist guide in the whole Middle East.

LANCER BOOKS NEW YORK

A LANCER BOOK • 1968

THE DRAGON OF THE ISHTAR GATE

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 61-12511

Copyright © 1961 by L. Sprague de Camp

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Printed In the U.S.A.

With the exception of actual historical personages, the characters are entirely the product of the author's Imagination and have no relation to any person In real life.

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