1952 PofZ on BBC2, Friday 6 October An alert for UK members: On Friday 6 October, 1.35 pm, BBC2 is screening the 1952 version (a colour shot-for-shot remake of...
Hi! There is an essay on Anthony Hope (mainly on his historical novel Simon Dale) in Harold Orel's 'The Historical Novel from Scott to Sabatini' (NY, 1995)....
Hi! This was in Saturday's Guardian: http://books.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,329642522-110738,00.html cheers, Doc M All for one ... Adam Thorpe enjoys Richard...
In an age of cynicism, it is interesting to observe that Dumas--for all of his slapdash writing--is still able to thrill readers today with "The Three...
Hi! I note that the Canadian company Koch Entertainment has released some BBC classic serials that one can't get here in the UK. 'The Three Musketeers' (1966),...
Dear all, I have been studying my 1890 Northern Germany Baedecker. Unfortunately, I don't have the Rhine or Southern Germany/Austria volumes, so some of my...
I would like to invite anyone interested to join a new club I've founded for those interested in the works of Paul Feval and his son Paul Feval fils. By and...
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Just dropping a line to anybody who is listening. I have decided to join the swashbucklers! My favourites are the books of Sabatini, the DR SYN stories of...
Between 1979 and 1982 British TV did a family adventure series--Dick Turpin. It starred Richard O'Sullivan as the notorious highwayman, and ran a very...
Dick Turpin played on TV Ontario back in the time period you mentioned, and as a kid I loved it. I seem to remember Swiftnick being a bit annoying though -...
Yes please! Now that you have described it, that intro comes swimming back into my memory. It would be nice to see it again. Swiftnick was a bit of a pain in...
Hi! Actually, re: Richard O'Sullivan, it's rather sadder than that: he suffered a stroke at a comparatively early age, and seems to be disabled as a result. ...
I didn't know that. That's a terrible shame. Did you ever see any of the other series that I mentioned? Looking back through the old messages, I see that you...
Dear Mr. Molesack, ... The last I saw about him was a fleeting mention and a photo in an article about that retirement/care home for actors down south (I...
Anybody else read this book? John Dickson Carr is remembered as one of the great exponents of the 'Locked Room Mystery' during the Golden Age of the detective ...
Has anybody else read this book? I mean, I'm all for building up suspense, but this is ridiculous! ... great ... Nick ... devil ... not ... owner ... me...
You know, I read "The Devil in Velvet" ten years or so ago. I found it entertaining, if I remember correctly, but now I can remember nothing of it. I'll look...
Just an idea . . . How about if as a group we read some swashbuckling short stories--Weyman, Sabatini, Dumas, Richard Harding Davis, Baroness Orczy--heck, we...
William Shakespeare I thought it might be of interest to other members on this list that my translation of the play William Shakespeare by Ferdinand Dugue is...
Heia! Just wanted to say hello to all, because I finally decided to join this list. My biggest favourites are the books of Weyman, Farnol, Stephens, Dumas and...
Hi and welcome! Which Farnol books do you recommend? I recently picked up some old battered copies of Black Bartelemy's Treasure and the Jade of Destiny... any...
Hi! I am sorry that I couldn't for some time access the web. But thank you for the welcome and let me see. For a start, I'd recommend, obviously, The Amateur...
Hi, I also want to say welcome to "Mournedsoul". :) I have to confess, I don't think I've read Stephens or (definitely!) Bloundelle-Burton. Who are these...
The Last Cavalier: Being the Adventures of Count Sainte-hermine in the Age of Napoleon by Alexandre Dumas and Lauren Yoder From Amazon.com This first English...
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This os very strange. I suggested Paul Jones and the first part of MonteCristo and this nonsense about worms came from nowhere. It was not my post. Rabagas. -...
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