A Potpourri of Articles By and About Lawrence Ellsworth
November 2014
Compiling The Big Book of Swashbuckling Adventure
I’ve been reading and collecting swashbuckling adventure fiction for many [...]
August 2014
Of Swords and Plumes 006: Joe Abercrombie’s “Half a King”
Half a King, by Joe Abercrombie. Del Rey, 2014; reviewed [...]
June 2014
Of Swords and Plumes 005: William Dietrich’s “Ethan Gage Adventures”
Napoleon’s Pyramids and The Rosetta Key, by William Dietrich. HarperCollins, [...]
May 2014
Of Swords and Plumes 004: Oliver Pötzsch’s “Hangman’s Daughter” series
The Hangman’s Daughter and The Dark Monk, by Oliver Pötzsch. [...]
Of Swords and Plumes 003: Joe Abercrombie’s “The Heroes”
The Heroes, by Joe Abercrombie. Orbit, 2011; reviewed in the [...]
April 2014
Swords and Plumes 002: Revisionist Robin Hoods #1
Outlaw: A Novel of Robin Hood, by Angus Donald. St. [...]