James Chapman 
Swashbucklers [EPUB ebook] 
The costume adventure series

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Swashbucklers is the first study of one of the most popular and enduring genres in television history – the costume adventure series. It maps the history of swashbuckling television from its origins in the 1950s to the present. It places the various series in their historical and institutional contexts and also analyses how the form and style of the genre has changed over time. And it includes case studies of major swashbuckling series including The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Buccaneers, Ivanhoe, William Tell, Zorro, Arthur of the Britons, Dick Turpin, Robin of Sherwood, Sharpe, Hornblower, The Count of Monte Cristo and the recent BBC co-production of The Three Musketeers.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 296 ● ISBN 9780719098932 ● Publisher Manchester University Press ● Published 2015 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 4631823 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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