I note that the newly-minted Sir Ridley's first full-length movie is coming on DVD in R1: 'The Duellists'. A must for all swashbucklers... love, Doc M...
How is everyone today? I'm new to this group. Just got back from holiday vacation so I thought I'd jump into the mix. I've been reading some of your most...
Welcome, Vieux Carré! ... Well, what matters is that you have an interest in swashbuckling! What sort of swashbuckling things do you like? ... Sounds like an...
Since I recently moved to New Orleans, (2 years this coming June), I've become interested in the city, it's people and it's history. And what a history is has!...
... Jean Lafitte is undoubtedly one of the most extraordinary men who ever lived. I think his life is the most fictional sounding thing that I have ever heard,...
I recommend the articles on both films in 'Past Imperfect: History According to the Movies', ed. Mark C. Carnes, and also the coverage of them in Ken Cameron's...
Before talking about the movie, let's talk about the book, which is an important date for all swashbuckling lovers. "Le Bossu" is originally a XIXth century...
... Oh, that is a delightful film! One of the best modern swashbucklers, in my view. Daniel Auteuil is excellent as the hero (though obviously more convincing...
... after ... A silent version of CAPTAIN FRACASSE from 1927/1928 has just been released on a good quality DVD from David Shepard/Image. It has a choice of two...
As always, Lavarede, *highly* informative. Merci beaucoup!! I guess I should see about getting my hands on some Feval sometime. Am I right in remembering...
Hi all, I decided to fiddle around with the Database feature for the list tonight, and set up a small one with half a dozen entries. Check it out, if you...
Yes, there has been two stories with d'Artagnan and Cyrano made by Feval fils (son of the Feval who wrote "Le Bossu"): one, wrote with Lassez, in four volumes:...
Has anyone seen the movie of this from about 1970? It sounds great because Jose Ferrer plays Cyrano, something which he did brilliantly and memorably on the...
For your database, don't forget one very interesting country of swashbuckling: Spain. All the first half of the XIXth century spanish literature is a...
... Well I certainly don't want to forget the Spanish. My problem is having a near-total lack of knowledge about Spanish swashbucklers. That's why I set...
I read this early Sabatini novel tonight. Generally a pretty good read, if a bit overwrought in places and not as good as his later works. It's about a 17th...
Dear Chris, ... Yes, I think it is pretty much the standard formula ('Le Bossu', as previously noted, was a fairly extreme example, with the hero in late 30s...
While I might have difficulty getting people here to take it seriously, The Phoenix Guards is a fantasy swashbuckler (so its setting isn't historical). Chris ...
... If there is a distinction between Swashbuckler & Historical (which can never be a hard & fast distinction), it would be that the Swashbuckler has a...
Dear Jessica, ... Well, Scott predates Dumas, who in many respects was trying to imitate him. ... This certainly rings true with me re: definitions... By these...
Dear Chris, ... Yes! It's something they've never shown in the film versions. The von Elphberg boys are invariably played too old, and the film scripts (I ...
I notice the 1952 version is on TCM here in the UK later next month. Pretty colour/costumes, but not quite up to the 1937 version, and shares its peculiarities...
Hi, Today seeing mention of a novel "The Loyalists Son"(which I don't know a thing about) on another list I got to thinking about historical fiction set during...
Michael, You have indeed hit on one of my favorite topics. Like you, I'm not quite sure why swashbuckling writers haven't taken the American Revolution to...
