‘Distressing Tale of Thangobrind the Jeweller’ – Lord Dunsany
Page Count: Four Pages I found this story in L. Sprague De Camp’s ‘Swords & Sorcery’ collection, which I was lucky enough to pick up for a couple of quid in Halcyon Books. Given what copies of this book go for at the moment (I had a quick look and, damn…), your best chance of reading ‘Distressing Tale of Thangobrind the Jeweller’ is to either find it in a Lord Dunsany collection or to click Here . Either way, it’s a ten minute read (if that). I’d never really thought of Lord Dunsany as a writer of ‘Sword & Sorcery’ so seeing this tale nestled cosily in a ‘Sword & Sorcery’ collection piqued my interest right away. And at only four pages long, I couldn’t really say no, not with a couple of longer books on the go as well. So… was ‘Distressing Tale of Thangobrind the Jeweller’ a ‘Sword & Sorcery’ tale? And just how distressing was it? Let me tell you… When Thangobrind the jeweller heard the ominous cough, he turned at once upon that narrow way. A thief was he, of very high ...