Purple Pirate

Purple Pirate

First edition
Author Talbot Mundy
Country United States
Language English
Series Tros
Genre Fantasy novel
Publisher Appleton-Century
Publication date
1935
Media type Print (Hardback)
Pages 367
OCLC 581460
Preceded by Queen Cleopatra

Purple Pirate is a fantasy novel by author Talbot Mundy. It was first published in 1935 by Appleton-Century.

Plot introduction

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

Reception

Galaxy reviewer Floyd C. Gale 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."[1]

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

Publication history

References

  1. "Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf", Galaxy, February 1960, p.165.
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