Posted in Administrative, Blogroll, Cool Stuff, Flynn, Movies, Pirates, Sabatini, Swashbuckling on September 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Melody over at Redeeming Qualities has invented a holiday that warms me right to my little heart. So read the book, watch the movie, maybe save the life of a revolutionary, liberate a bunch of slaves, or sack Cartagena if you like, because it’s Captain Blood Day!
Posted in Reviews, Sabatini, Swashbuckling on August 13, 2007 | No Comments »
Phew, sorry about being gone so long, everybody. I still don’t have internet in my new home, but at least the personal distractions that kept me from doing any reading have slowed down, if not stopped entirely. I did a good deal of catching up the other night, and most importantly finished a book whose [...]
Posted in Sabatini on July 23, 2007 | 1 Comment »
After pointing out the first of Sabatini’s Historical Nights’ Entertainment books the other day, I figured that it would be worthwhile to mention that just today I was made aware of the releasing of the second one. I don’t know how Sabatini was at writing straight history, but considering it’s what he did before he [...]
Posted in Cool Stuff, Sabatini, Swashbuckling on July 21, 2007 | No Comments »
Another Sabatini-related post for today. I just found a pretty great collection of Sabatini dustjackets that are worth a look for those who find such things interesting:
Rafael Sabatini Dustjacket Gallery
Some fun stuff there, not to mention a good way to discover more of the classic swashbuckling author’s books. Sure, I’ve seen lists of titles, but [...]
Posted in Sabatini on July 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »
So today I got a random e-mail from Amazon making me aware of the fact that a new printing of a Sabatini book just came out. I’ve only ever seen the title The Historical Nights’ Entertainment once or twice in bibliographies, so I don’t know much of what the deal is with this book (which [...]
Posted in Pirates, Sabatini, Swashbuckling on June 24, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Ahoy there, shipmates! Readers hopping aboard the Spotted Dog need their wits about them to confound the mind-boggling riddles and bewildering puzzles Mam Spamme sets, as she tells the story of her quest to win a great fortune and free Captain Blood from dastardly Red Roger’s dungeon. With her son Sam, Black Dog and the [...]
Posted in Flynn, Movies, Pirates, Reviews, Sabatini, Swashbuckling on June 8, 2007 | 3 Comments »
The vast bulk of our pirate story conventions come from Treasure Island. Duh. I do think, however, that one can safely say that the majority of those not originating from Stevenson come from the works of Rafael Sabatini–and movies based upon the works of Rafael Sabatini.
This, naturally, is because Rafael Sabatini’s books are, as a [...]
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