Coming summer 2023 from Applause Books: Cinema of Swords, A popular guide to 400+ movies about Knights, Pirates, Samurai, and Vikings (and Barbarians, Musketeers, Gladiators, and Outlaw Heroes) from the Silent Era through The Princess Bride. Watch for it!

Listed below: early Cinema of Swords reviews, samples of the kind of coverage you’ll find in the forthcoming book.