Swordsmen of the Screen

Swordsmen of the Screen:  From Douglas Fairbanks to Michael York by Jeffrey Richards

A survey of the Hollywood swashbuckler -- and its sources.

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Mythic Time vs. What Really Happened

Malory and all the earlier romancers might cheerfully plop King Arthur in the High Middle Ages, and Howard Pyle might boldly describe the setting of Robin Hood as the land of fancy, but nowadays, just about any retelling of King Arthur or Robin Hood or what have you goes for the nitty-gritty realistic style (surreptiously idealized in certain aspects -- the pagans, for instance, would never recognize the religions).

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