Incorporated Knight

by L. Sprague De Camp

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Bookseller: BiblioMarket (US)
Bookseller Inventory #: zz70023353
Format/binding: Hardcover
Book condition: GOOD/GOOD HARDCOVER
Jacket condition: GOOD/GOOD HARDCOVER
Quantity available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0932096468
ISBN 13: 9780932096463
Publisher: Phantasia Press
Date published: 1987-10

Book Description

Phantasia Press, 1987-10. First Edition. Hardcover. GOOD/GOOD HARDCOVER/GOOD/GOOD HARDCOVER. former library copy in g/g condition. / Preferring trade to chivalry, practical-minded Eudoric Dambertson reluctantly sets out to kill a dragon to appease his would-be father-in-law and learns some discomfiting truths about dragon slaying./Set in a far corner of de Camp's Novaria world, The Incorporated Knight follows the attempts of Eudoric Dambertson to succeed in his world not by becoming a knight of reknown and fame, but by becoming a businessman of good stature, a goal looked down apon by his contemporary's, who believe the proper knight is a muscle-bound, sword swinging bone-head who's main aims in life are wenching and deeds of valor. His first attempt to win into a family with spurs and commercial bindings pits him to recover a few yards of dragon hide. Which he does, it's through a miss-chance involving gun powder and the law, which disagrees with poaching dragons out of season and throws him in the slammer. When he is freed, his intended lady love has run off with another and that's the flavor of the book.Eudoric winds through twists and turns, a maze of dishonest honest people in his quest for financial success: he woos the daughter of a man best referred to as a murderous ******, avoids a "virgin" princess whom he saved in promise of wedlock only to have her husbands come back in stony form, outwits an ogre who in all honestly only eats those who are not of the correct religion, and manages to start a coach service despite the partners he teams up with. If you are looking for a book that isn't "He kills the monster, marries the beautiful princess, and saves the world," here's one with characters you often just want to throttle or laugh at. de Campe's people are as ordinary as the person standing by you, and for that reason are often bizarre.