The Scarlet Citadel

1933 short story by Robert E. Howard
VisualArtwork literary_work Q1747447
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The Scarlet Citadel

Summary

The Scarlet Citadel is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (63 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Scarlet Citadel authored Robert E. Howard[3].
  • The Scarlet Citadel's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • The Scarlet Citadel's genre is recorded as sword and sorcery[5].
  • The Scarlet Citadel's genre is recorded as fantasy[6].
  • The Scarlet Citadel's follows is recorded as The Phoenix on the Sword[7].
  • The Scarlet Citadel's followed by is recorded as The Tower of the Elephant[8].
  • The Scarlet Citadel's part of is recorded as Conan canonical works[9].
  • The Scarlet Citadel's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • The Scarlet Citadel's country of origin is recorded as United States[11].
  • The Scarlet Citadel's publication date is recorded as +1933-01-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • The Scarlet Citadel's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06_9_t[13].
  • The Scarlet Citadel's characters is recorded as Conan the Barbarian[14].
  • The Scarlet Citadel's characters is recorded as Strabonus[15].
  • The Scarlet Citadel's characters is recorded as Amalrus[16].
  • The Scarlet Citadel's narrative location is recorded as Koth[17].
  • The Scarlet Citadel's work available at URL is recorded as https://archive.org/details/2019PTBRResenhaHowardTheScarletCitadel1933[18].
  • The Scarlet Citadel's ISFDB title ID is recorded as 63599[19].
  • The Scarlet Citadel's published in is recorded as King Conan[20].
  • The Scarlet Citadel's published in is recorded as Conan the Usurper[21].
  • The Scarlet Citadel's published in is recorded as Weird Tales[22].
  • The Scarlet Citadel's published in is recorded as Q56302118[23].
  • The Scarlet Citadel's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Scarlet Citadel'}[24].
  • The Scarlet Citadel's Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature NILF ID is recorded as 1039376[25].
  • The Scarlet Citadel's set in period is recorded as Hyborian Age[26].
  • The Scarlet Citadel's copyright status is recorded as public domain[27].

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Works and Contributions

The Scarlet Citadel authored Robert E. Howard[3].

Why It Matters

The Scarlet Citadel ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (63 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 28d ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Form of creative work novelette
    Language of work or name English
    Followed by The Tower of the Elephant
    Country of origin United States
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