- Satire, sly servants, Polybius' theory of mixed constitutions, barbarians
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Cool, comic, plot-driven and relentless.
- cooloverwhelming
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemplativerelentless
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- L. Sprague De Camp
- First published
- 1973
- Pages
- 176
- Publisher
- Baen, New American Library, Remploy
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780671721282
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Lyon Sprague de Camp — known as L. Sprague de Camp — was an American writer of science fiction, fantasy, non-fiction and biography. In a career spanning 60 years, he wrote over 100 books, including novels and works of non-fiction, including biographies of other fantasy authors. - Wikipedia
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