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Harold Lamb

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born

September 01, 1892 in Alpine, New Jersey, The United States

died

April 09, 1962

gender

male

website

http://www.haroldlamb.com/

genre

Historical Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, History

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Harold Albert Lamb (September 1, 1892 - April 9, 1962) was an American historian, screenwriter, short story writer, and novelist.

Born in Alpine, New Jersey, he attended Columbia University, where his interest in the peoples and history of Asia began. Lamb built a career with his writing from an early age. He got his start in the pulp magazines, quickly moving to the prestigious Adventure magazine, his primary fiction outlet for nineteen years. In 1927 he wrote a biography of Genghis Khan, and following on its success turned more and more to the writing of non-fiction, penning numerous biographies and popular history books until his death in 1962. The success of Lamb's two volume history of the Crusades led to his discovery by Cecil B. DeMil...more

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Books by Harold Lamb

Average rating: 3.85 · 553 ratings · 71 reviews · 48 distinct works

	Hannibal 3.85 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 1961 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Genghis Khan: Emperor of All Men 3.67 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 1927 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Omar Khayyam 3.72 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1934 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Alexander of Macedon 3.78 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 1946 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Genghis Khan and the Mongol Horde (World Landmark Books #12) 3.32 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1954 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Wolf of the Steppes: The Complete Cossack Adventures, Volume One by Harold Lamb, Howard Andrew Jones (Editor), S.M. Stirling (Introduction) 4.40 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Crusades: Iron Men and Saints 4.25 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1930 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Cyrus The Great 3.88 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1383 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Charlemagne: The Legend and the Man 3.31 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1954 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Babur the Tiger: First of the Great Moguls 4.25 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1962 — 2 editions	My rating:

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Series by Harold Lamb

The Complete Cossack Adventures (4 books)
by Harold Lamb, Howard Andrew Jones (Editor), Barrie Tait Collins (Introduction)

4.48 avg rating — 50 ratings

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