Cinema of Swords

Cinema of Swords

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Welcome to Cinema of Swords! This series is a companion and expansion to my Cinema of Swords hardcover, which collects mini-reviews of screen swashbucklers. Every week I’ll present here two to four illustrated reviews on a common theme.

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About Lawrence Ellsworth

Author, editor, translator, and anthologist of historical adventure fiction, Lawrence Ellsworth is the author of Cinema of Swords, and is compiling an acclaimed series of new, contemporary translations of Alexandre Dumas's Musketeers novels.