It is what is known as "purple prose" a style that greatly inspired Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time. The writing is amazing. There is some hidden history built into it. The stories are short, bite sized and exceptional. Together, they're a great tapestry. https://www.google.com/search?q=complete+chronicles+of+conan+pdf Robert Jordan also produced the Chronicles of Conan and The Further Chronicles of Conan which are pretty good. Sprague did a number of books, as well. Nobody does it like Howard, but they were pretty darn faithful. Robert E. Howard invented sword and sorcery fiction, for all intents and purposes.