The Lion of Petra by Talbot Mundy Fiction Classics Action & Adventure

<p><strong>Having bested Higg and forced him to post bond of fifty thousand pounds as a promise of good behavior Jimgrim must now help Higg if he wants him to hold to the agreement. </strong>He must take his force of twenty men and somehow subdue Higg's rival Hassan Saoud who calls himself the Avenger and commands an army of eight hundred.</p><p>Talbot Mundy was born William Lancaster Gribbon in London. He was in a German circus and was a relief worker and journalist in India. He spent time in Africa as an ivory poacher served time on a road gang and became a town clerk. Deported after an adulterous affair he married to his paramour and moved to the US to make a living as a writer. His King of the Khyber Rifles made his reputation and saw two film adaptations and his work influenced writers such as H.P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard.</p>