The Walking Drum

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Summary: great book, but THERE IS NO SEQUEL
Review: As a librarian, I can tell you that this is one of L'Amour's most popular titles. Unfortunately, I get asked frequently if we have the sequel. To all of you who are looking for it, I have bad news: L'Amour said he was working on the sequel, but if he was, it was never completed, and it was never published. Alas, THERE IS NO SEQUEL.

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Summary: Gives Westerners a needed appreciation of the Muslim world.
Review: This is an engrossing adventure which should be made into a movie. I seldom read novels. This one I couldn't put down. Moreover, I was fascinated by the contrast between the culture of the Muslim world of southern Spain and Persia and that of Europe which in the 12th century was 200 years behind the Muslim world. The novel not only entertains but, as the author states in his "Authors's Note", gives the reader an understanding of the culture of the Muslim world whose "enormous contribution" to our civilization is "unhappily" virtually ignored in history as presented in our schools. The Muslim world, along with China and India, are "now powers with which we must deal both today and tomorrow, and which it would be well for us to understand."

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Summary: A breath taking book! Excitment at every turn!
Review: I couldn't put this book down! At first it was unfamiliar country, but by the end of the book you know the land as well as Kerbouchard. It moves you through the story as if you were him. All of his adventures were astounding (however unlikely), but that made the story great how everything turns to a new threat within seconds, or a new lover, making you concentrate on keeping up with Kerbouchard, and keeping you from setting it down. I loved this book and like everyone else I want to find the sequel. It's driving me nuts!

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Summary: Simply Perfect
Review: This book takes you all over Eurpoe. The setting is perfect. Here is a story of love adventure and mystery. It is educational, intresting and sesational at the same time. I was awake until 2 somtimes 4 in the morning reading it. It is the best book Ive ever read. Please Let me know the names of the sequel if you know it.

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Summary: One of the best books I've ever read
Review: The Walking Drum is simply a must read. It has everything one would want in a novel. Page turning suspense, great quotes, unstoppable action, and lots of romance. The book shows one of the least known about historical periods in history in a whole new way and with all of the granduer possible. I also like the refrences to great writings of that time period; I've already read 2 of them since. One question, Where's the sequels L'amour was planning to write? I've never been able to find one. This book is on and will always be on my top 5 list.

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Summary: Only L'Amour, I've ever read, too--I've seen some movies...
Review: What IS a turtle back edition???? Wish there was a sequel, but apparently I've read the whole saga of the Walking Drum. It's funny how a book out of the blue will turn out to be so good. Just picked this up at a yard sale out of a whole box of westerns. Very interesting, would like to find other books about this time period and setting.

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Summary: L'Amour took me from a non reader to a reader
Review: In 1971 I was on the "USS Manley" sailing somewhere in the Atlantic. I was home sick and lonely, lying in my bunk. I picked up a paper back western book another sailor had been reading. On the first page there was a gunfight in my home town, Uvalde, Texas. Louis L'Amour hooked me from that day on. The Walking Drum is one of my favorite books, along with Last of the Breed. And of course, the Sacketts became part of my family. Even more unsusual was one of the real characters in some of his novels was Theo Pico, past Governer of California. I met a girl in San Antonio, Texas who was a desendant of his and she was amazed I even knew of him. I have learned that sometimes his fictional stories have more fact than fiction. I also have wondered about a sequel of both The Walking Drum and the Last of the Breed. If anyone knows if there are sequels, please let me know.

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Summary: Fantastic
Review: I purchased this book when it was first released and have reread it several times. I have been a rabid L'Amour fan since I first put my hands on my first western, Reillys Luck. I seem to remember something being said about a sequel to Walking Drum. However, I have never been able to find one. Does anyone know if Mr. L'Amour had it in the works prior to his death?

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Summary: One of three books to profoundly influence my life
Review: I was given this book for my twelveth birthday, and since then I have read it at least once a year. As a history major, I love to find books that reflect the truth of history in a beautiful and realistic way. Kerbouchard is a truly renaissance man who is on a quest to find his father, who may or may not be dead. In this quest, he travels mideval Europe, from the Christian lands of France to the Muslim lands of Spain and East to the steeps of Russia. What amazed me when I read this was that the middle ages were only the dark ages for western Europe; the Muslim lands were bright and alive and unoppressive. Kerbouchard's philosophy in life of learning for learning's sake is one I have adopted in my own travels through life.

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Summary: This is Absolutely the BEST book I have ever read!!!
Review: As a lover of ancient history and cultures, The Walking Drum, by Louis L'moure truely opened my mind to fascinating lands of the past. I have read many history books and documentaraies, but none bring to life this particular time period as The Walking Drum. I never get tired of reading it!!!!