The Incorporated Knight
First edition of The Incorporated Knight
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| Author | L. Sprague de Camp and Catherine Crook de Camp |
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| Cover artist | Victoria Poyser |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Neo-Napolitanian series |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Publisher | Phantasia Press |
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Publication date
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1987 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 191 pp |
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| OCLC | 16767167 |
| LC Class | PS3507.E2344 I5 1987 |
| Followed by | The Pixilated Peeress |
The Incorporated Knight is a fantasy novel by American writers L. Sprague de Camp and Catherine Crook de Camp, the first book in his sequence of two Neo-Napolitanian novels. Chapters 1-5 first appeared as the short stories "Two Yards of Dragon", "The Coronet", "Spider Love" and "Eudoric's Unicorn" in Flashing Swords!, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and The Year's Best Fantasy Stories in 1976-1977. The complete novel was first published in hardcover by Phantasia Press in August 1987, and in paperback by Baen Books in September 1988, with a trade paperback edition, also from Baen, following in 1991. An E-book edition was published by Gollancz's SF Gateway imprint on September 29, 2011 as part of a general release of de Camp's works in electronic form.
Squire Eudoric Damberson of Zurgau in the kingdom of Locania wishes to wed Lusina, the daughter of his former tutor, the magician Doctor Baldonius. The price is attaining the status of knight and supplying the magician with a portion of dragon hide for use in his magic. Dragons are locally scarce, so Eudoric and his trusty servant Jillo set out for Pathenia in the east to slay one. But once the two do manage to bring one down (by accident) they face legal complications for violating the local game laws. Returning, Eudoric finds his promised bride has run off with a minstrel, and his feudal lord Baron Emmerhard disinclined to knight him for his heroic exploit; he consoles himself by pursuing a scheme to establish a stagecoach line like those in Pathenia (this material first appeared as the short story "Two Yards of Dragon").
A subsequent rescue of Emmerhard from a magic spell finally secures him the knighthood, but he remains unlucky in love, as the baron's daughter also shuns his hand (this material first appeared as the short story "The Coronet").
Next Eudoric pursues the daughter of Rainmar, a local robber baron who has been raiding his coach line. Rainmar tasks him with slaying the giant spider Fraka, and once again matters go awry. While Eudoric's knightly reputation and stage line prosper, his marriage prospects remain nil (this material first appeared as the short story "Spider Love").
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