The Gray Maiden: Three Thousand Years in the Life of a Sword

by Arthur D. Howden Smith

Book Overview

This is the story of the sword, Gray Maiden. It was forged with magic and mystery in the dim beginnings of time. It saw the rise of Greece, and the crowning of Alexander's fortunes. It was witness to both the majesty and the decay of Rome. It led the rush of Islam. It knew the glories and the agonies of the Old World, and the birth pangs of the New. For generations it lay hidden in tombs or burial mounds, or hung in grim solitude upon the walls of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1935585851
• ISBN13: 9781935585855
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Fireship Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"