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The Big Book of Swashbuckling Adventure: Classic Tales of Dashing Heroes, Dastardly Villains, and Daring Escapes
Lawrence Ellsworth
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Description for The Big Book of Swashbuckling Adventure: Classic Tales of Dashing Heroes, Dastardly Villains, and Daring Escapes
Paperback. Num Pages: 604 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; FJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 180 x 35. Weight in Grams: 750.
The word “swashbuckler” conjures up an indelible image: a hero who’s a bit of a rogue but has his own code of honor, an adventurer with laughter on his lips and a flashing sword in his hand. This larger-than-life figure is regularly declared passé, but the swashbuckler is too appealing to ever really die. Who wouldn’t want to face deadly danger with confidence and élan? Who can deny the thrill of clashing blades, hairbreadth escapes, and daring rescues, of facing vile treachery with dauntless courage and passionate devotion?The swashbuckler tradition was born out of legends like the Knights of the ... Read more
The word “swashbuckler” conjures up an indelible image: a hero who’s a bit of a rogue but has his own code of honor, an adventurer with laughter on his lips and a flashing sword in his hand. This larger-than-life figure is regularly declared passé, but the swashbuckler is too appealing to ever really die. Who wouldn’t want to face deadly danger with confidence and élan? Who can deny the thrill of clashing blades, hairbreadth escapes, and daring rescues, of facing vile treachery with dauntless courage and passionate devotion?The swashbuckler tradition was born out of legends like the Knights of the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
604
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781605986500
SKU
V9781605986500
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About Lawrence Ellsworth
Lawrence Ellsworth is the pen name of Lawrence Schick. An authority on historical adventure fiction, Ellsworth is the translator of Alexandre Dumas’s The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, The Red Sphinx, and Blood Royal. Lawrence was born in the United States and now lives in Dublin.
Reviews for The Big Book of Swashbuckling Adventure: Classic Tales of Dashing Heroes, Dastardly Villains, and Daring Escapes
“Captain Blood, Zorro, the Scarlet Pimpernel, Brigadier Gerard, Robin Hood; stories with titles such as ‘Pirate’s Gold’ and ‘The Queen’s Rose’— this is just the gift for, in Arthur Conan Doyle’s words, ‘the boy who’s half a man, OR the man who’s half a boy.’”
Michael Dirda - The Washington Post “A fantastic selection of brilliant, old-school swashbucklers. Ellsworth ... Read more
Michael Dirda - The Washington Post “A fantastic selection of brilliant, old-school swashbucklers. Ellsworth ... Read more