Lawrence Ellsworth (ed) – The Big Book of Swashbuckling Adventure (retail) (epub)
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Name: Lawrence Ellsworth (ed) – The Big Book of Swashbuckling Adventure (retail) (epub)
Format: epub
Size: 2.61 MB
Book:
Title: The Big Book of Swashbuckling Adventure
Author: Lawrence Ellsworth
Language: English
Year: 2014
Subjects: N/A
Publisher: Pegasus Books
ISBN: 9781844571789
Total pages: 127 str.
Description:
"A delicious, pulse-quickening compendium of thrilling rescues, daring escapes, dreadful peril, and glorious adventure, masterfully curated by an editor who wields his pen as skillfully as any swashbuckler ever swung a sword."-Charles Ardai, Edgar Award-winning author and publisher of Hard Case CrimeThe 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 those of the Knights of the Round Table and of Robin Hood, revived in the early…
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