The Walking Drum
From kwharrison13.com · Anti-library
The Walking Drum
| Author | Louis L'Amour |
|---|---|
| Published | 1984 |
| Pages | 468 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | L’Amour’s twelfth-century novel, following Mathurin Kerbouchard from Brittany across the trade routes to Córdoba, Constantinople and the Alamut valley — a book about caravans, libraries and merchants rather than the American West L’Amour is known for. |
Where I heard about it
- A reply to @moseskagan — in the thread under his question “What historical fiction should I read next? (Bonus points for something involving building or trade, rather than violence)” (April 2025). The full set of replies is on What historical fiction should I… (tweet).
Connections
- What historical fiction should I… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
- Republic of Letters — the portfolio idea this sits closest to; the medieval learning of Córdoba is half the book’s subject.
- Historical Fiction — the genre the thread was asking about.
What links here
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