The Dragon of the Ishtar Gate
First edition | |
| Author | L. Sprague de Camp |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Charles McCurry |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Historical novel |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
Publication date | 1961 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 429 |
| Followed by | The Arrows of Hercules |
The Dragon of the Ishtar Gate is a historical novel by American writer L. Sprague de Camp, first published in hardcover by Doubleday in 1961, and in paperback by Lancer Books in 1968. The first trade paperback edition was issued by The Donning Company in 1982. The book was reissued with a new introduction by Harry Turtledove as a trade paperback and ebook by Phoenix Pick in September 2013. It has also been translated into German. It is the third of de Camp's historical novels in order of writing, and earliest chronologically. It is set in 466-465 BCE, the last years of the reign of King Xerxes I of Persia.