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Originally Posted by John F
In the Sword and Sorcery thread there was some talk about the swashbuckling genre and I wanted to try one. If Anyone cares to recommend a few, I will most likely nominate one.
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A swashbuckler that might have a legitimate claim to being a classic is Rafael Sabatini's Scaramouche. This one has it all: the French Revolution, the Commedia dell'arte, romance, family drama, fencing, duels, Darth Vader (sort of).
Someone said it better than I can (sort of):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kxYApOPnW8
Oh, and the LibriVox audiobook read by Gord Mackenzie is EXCELLENT!!!