A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads17th-century / marriage-of-convenience / Restoration England / Royal-Navy / Stuart-England / swashbuckler / War / Military19 Comments
It is 1666 – the year when people who take prophecy seriously believe that the world is going to end. For Chloe Herveaux – twenty years old, half-French and practical – marriage to wild, unpredictable Alex Deveril offers escape from a home she hates. For Alex, it is a refuge ... more >
A- Reviews / Recommended Reads16th-century / Historical / privateer / Spain / swashbuckler / Tudor-England18 Comments
Dear Readers, If you’ve never read anything by Georgette Heyer beyond her Regencies, or you’re not interested in prissy Regencies, preferring action and adventure, then do yourself a favor and try this one. It might be that because my introduction to Heyer was through her Georgians and Beauvallet that this ... more >
B ReviewsAnthology / Fantasy / Middle East / mystery / short stories / swashbuckler3 Comments
Venture into the time of the Arabian Nights with stalwart Captain Asim and the brilliant Dabir as they hunt an unseen killer that craves only the eyes of his victims, and pursue a dark entity haunting the halls of an opulent mansion. Ride with them on a desperate journey to ... more >
A Reviews / Book Reviews18th-century / Comedy / Georgian / older heroine and hero / swashbuckler32 Comments
Dear Readers, We did a series of reviews of Georgette Heyer novels here last year and it dawned on me just how many I hadn’t read. A recent comment here about this book mentioned that it was funny and when I remembered that it is a Georgian, that made up ... more >
Film ReviewsFriday Film Review / swashbuckler21 Comments
The Three Musketeers (1948) Genre: Romantic swashbuckler Grade: D+ Am I the only one who doesn’t like this version? True it’s not the absolute horror of the latest Musketeers x steampunk movie. And I liked it better than the Charlie Sheen one – never could get past my feeling that ... more >
Film ReviewsEngland / Friday Film Review / Historical / swashbuckler23 Comments
The Black Shield of Falworth (1954) Genre: Medieval Swashbuckler Grade: B- The second Friday Film Review I did was of “Captain Blood” and in the comments Kathleen MacIver described this movie and asked if anyone could help her figure out the title. I knew immediately what she was talking about ... more >