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The Dragon of the Ishtar Gate
First edition
AuthorL. Sprague de Camp
Cover artistCharles McCurry
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreHistorical novel
PublisherDoubleday
Publication date
1961
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pages429
Followed byThe Arrows of Hercules 

The Dragon of the Ishtar Gate is a historical novel by American writer L. Sprague de Camp, first published in hardcover by Doubleday in 1961, and in paperback by Lancer Books in 1968. The first trade paperback edition was issued by The Donning Company in 1982.[1] The book was reissued with a new introduction by Harry Turtledove as a trade paperback and ebook by Phoenix Pick in September 2013.[2][3] It is the third of de Camp's historical novels in order of writing, and earliest chronologically. It is set in 466-465 BCE, the last years of the reign of King Xerxes I of Persia.

  1. ^ Laughlin, Charlotte; Daniel J. H. Levack (1983). De Camp: An L. Sprague de Camp Bibliography. San Francisco: Underwood/Miller. p. 50.
  2. ^ OCLC record for the Phoenix Pick edition
  3. ^ Amazon.com record for the Phoenix Pick edition

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