The Year of the Horsetails (1967)

by R. F. Tapsell

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R. F. Tapsell	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
O'Leary, Daniel	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Posner, Christopher	Editor	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Across the width of Eurasia, from Manchuria to the Carpathians, a vast plain extends; a nautral sea of grass, bordered on the north by the Russian and Siberian forests -- and on the south by the deserts, inland sea and high mountain ranges of Central Asia. (Introductory note)

On a certain day, a man rode for his life. (Prologue)

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Eastern Europe: Early Middle Ages. The nomad warrior Bardiya must flee from the evil empire of the Mongol-like Tugars and their ruthless Kagan. He receives hospitality from the sedentary Slavic Drevich people; but fears that they also might succumb to the might of the Tugar empire. Will he be able to convince them of their danger and teach them the skills necessary to defeat their new enemy?

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