''Surma ratsanikud'' ( en, The Riders of Death or en, The Horsemen of Death) is a novel by

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Karl Ristikivi Karl Ristikivi (; in Pärnumaa, Saulepi Parish, Lääne County (now Kilgi, Varbla Parish, Pärnu County) – 19 July 1977 in Solna, Stockholm) was an Estonian writer. He is among the best Estonian writers for his historical novels. Early lif ...

. It was first published in 1963 in

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Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv (''Estonian Writers' Cooperative'') was a publishing house in Lund, Sweden. It was founded by members of the Estonian diaspora, mainly writers August Gailit, Bernard Kangro, Valev Uibopuu and Enn Vallak, in 1950 and ...

(''Estonian Writers' Cooperative''). In Estonia, it was published in 1990. The novel presents a fictionalised account of the adventures of Roger de Flor's mercenary Catalan Company in 14th-century

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and elsewhere, as told by the fictional protagonist Pedro Casarmana.

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