The Princess of All Lands

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The Princess of All Lands
Princess of all lands.jpg
Dust-jacket illustration by Joe Wehrle, Jr.
Author Russell Kirk
Illustratorfrontispiece and interior decorations by Joe Wehrle, Jr.
Cover artistJoe Wehrle, Jr.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre Fantasy, Horror
Publisher Arkham House
Publication date
1979
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pagesviii, 228
ISBN 0-87054-084-X
OCLC 4641704
813/.5/4
LC Class PZ4.K588 Pr PS3521.I665

The Princess of All Lands is a collection of stories by American writer Russell Kirk. It was released in 1979 and was the author's first book published by Arkham House. It was published in an edition of 4,120 copies. The story "There's a Long, Long Trail A-Winding" had won a World Fantasy Award in 1977.

Contents

The Princess of All Lands contains the following tales:

  1. "Prologue"
  2. "Sorworth Place"
  3. "Behind the Stumps"
  4. "The Princess of All Lands"
  5. "The Last God's Dream"
  6. "The Cellar of Little Egypt"
  7. "Ex Tenebris"
  8. "Balgrummo's Hell"
  9. "There's a Long, Long Trail A-Winding"
  10. "Saviourgate"

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