{"product_id":"9780981558103","title":"Classic Adventure Stories","description":"Violent, tumultuous times. Exotic locales. Evil, powerhungry villains. Beautiful\u003cp\u003ewomen. Brash heroes with pistols and swords.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSure sounds like a swashbuckling tale to me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the success of movies like The Mask of Zorro and the Pirates of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaribbean series, swashbucklers have never been more popular than they\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eare now. And Classic Adventure Stories: Swashbucklers brings together four\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enovels that are standouts of the genre:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (1883), the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emodel by which all pirate stories and boy’s adventure\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enovels are judged;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy (1905),\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe original inspiration for modern costumed crimefighter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003echaracters (including the main character of our\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elast novel);\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Captain Blood by Raphael Sabatini (1922), possibly the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emost popular swashbuckler to feature an antihero—a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehero driven into a life of crime by unfair circumstances,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewho seeks to maintain a code of honor while living a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecriminal’s life; and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• The Curse of Capistrano (aka The Mark of Zorro) by Johnston\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMcCulley (1919), which gave us the ever-popular Zorro,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einspired the creation of Batman, and jumpstarted the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eadventure movie genre with the silent film The Mark of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZorro, starring Douglas Fairbanks, in 1920.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more than a century, millions have thrilled to the stories in this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo sharpen your cutlass, load your pistol, and prepare for some rollicking\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eadventure as you journey through Classic Adventure Stories: Swashbucklers!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Defiant Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47034551697648,"sku":"9780981558103","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780981558103_p0.jpg?v=1763873293","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780981558103","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}