Library
Robert's shelves
Instructional Videos
  • The Blow by Blow Guide to Swordfighting in the Renaissance Style. By Mike Loades.
  • Broadsword for the Stage & Screen: The DeLongis Method. Palpable Hit Productions.
  • Rapier For the Stage and Screen: The DeLongis Method. vol 1 & 2. Palpable Hit Productions.
  • La Verdadera Destreza: The True Art and Skill of Spanish Swordsmanship. vol 1 & 2. Palpable Hit Productions.
  • La Scherma Italiana: Basics of Italian Rapier Fencing. vol 1 & 2. Palpable Hit Productions.
  • Individual Epee Lesson. By Charles Selberg.
  • Individual Sabre Lesson, Part 1. By Charles Selberg.
  • Individual Sabre Lesson, Part 2. By Charles Selberg.
  • Yoga Exercises for Fencers. By Paul Wadley.
  • The Longsword of Johannes Liechtenauer. Part 1.  By Agilitas.tv
Historical Fencing Texts
  • Barbasetti, Luigi. The Art of the Foil. Barnes & Noble Books. 1998.
  • Clements, John. Renaissance Swordmanship. Paladin Press. 1997.
  • Corbesier, A.J. Theory of Fencing; with the Small-Sword Exercise. 1873.
  • Di Grasse, Giacomo. Di Grasse His True Art of Defense. 1570.
  • Hutton, Alfred. Cold Steel: A Practical Treatise on the Sabre. 1893.
  • Hutton, Alfred. Cold Steel: The Art of Fencing with the Sabre.  Dover Publications Inc. 2006.
  • Hutton, Alfred. Old Sword Play. 1892.
  • Hutton, Alrfed. Old Sword Play. Dover Publications. 2001.
  • Kirby, Jared. ed. Italian Rapier Combat: Capo Ferro's 'Gran Simulacro'. Greenhill Books. 2004
  • Leoni, Tommaso. Art of Dueling: Salvator Fabris' Rapier Fencing Treatise of 1606. The Chivalry Bookshelf. 2005.
  • Lindholm, David and Peter Svard. Sigmund Ringeek's Knightly Art of the Longsword. Paladin Press. 2003
  • Monsieur L'Abbat. The Art of Fencing: or the use of the Small Sword. 1734.
  • Rondelle, Louis. Foil and Sabre: A Grammar of Fencing. 1892.
  • Silver, George. Paradoxes of Defense. 1599.
  • Silver, George. Brief Notes Upon My Paradoxes of Defense. (posthumously), 1898.
  • Thibault, Gerard. Academy of the Sword: Part One: Philosophy and Practice. 1628. Trans John Michael Greer. Fir Mountain Press. 1998.
  • Thibault d'Anvers, Gerard. Academy of the Sword: The Mystery of the Spanish Circle in Swordsmanship and Esoteric Arts.  Trans. and Analysis by John Micheal Greer. The Chivalry Bookshelf. 2006.
  • Tobler, Christian Henry. Fighting with the German Longsword. The Chivalry Bookshelf. 2004.
  • Turner, Craig & Tony Soper. Methods and Practice of Elizabethan Swordplay. Southern IL. University Press. 1990.
Modern Fencing Texts
  • Bower, Muriel. Foil Fencing. Brown & Benchmark Pub. 1993.
  • Crosnier, Roger. Fencing With The Foil: Instruction and Technique. Faber and Faber. 1953.
  • Crosnier, Roger. Fencing With The Sabre. A.S. Barnes & Co. 1955.
  • Crosnier, Roger. Fencing With The Epee. A.S. Barnes & Co.
  • Evangelista, Nick. The Art and Science of Fencing. Masters Press. 1996
  • Gaugler, William. The Science of Fencing. Laureate Press. 1983
  • Nadi, Aldo. On Fencing. Laureate Press. 1943, 2nd printing 1996.
  • Pitman, Brian. Fencing: Techniques of Foil, Epee, and Sabre. Crowood Press. 1988.
  • Rondelle, Louis. Foil and Sabre: A Grammar of Fencing. Dana Estes & Co. 1892.
  • Werner, Doug. Fencers' Start-Up: A Beginners Guide to Traditional & Sport Fencing. Tracks Publishing. 1997.
Books on the History of Swords and Fencing
  • Amberger, Christoph. The Secret History of the Sword. Multi-Media Books. 1999.
  • Bazancourt, Baron Cesar De. Secrets of the Sword. Laureate Press. 1998.
  • Burton, Sir Richard F. The Book of the Sword. Dover Publications, Inc. 1987.
  • Castle, Egerton. M.A., F.S.A. Schools and Masters of Fence, From the Middle Ages to the End of the Eighteenth Century. Dover Publications, Inc. 2003.
  • Coe, Michael, et.al. Swords and Hilt Weapons. Barnes & Noble Books. 1993.
  • Cohen, Richard. By the Sword. Random House. 2002.
  • Evangelista, Nick. The Encyclopedia of the Sword. Greenwood Press. 1995.
  • Gaugler, William M. The History of Fencing. Laureate Press. 1998
  • Hutton, Alfred. F.S.A. The Sword & the Centuries. Barnes & Noble Books. 1995.
  • Oakeshott, Edward. The Sword in the Age of Chivalry. The Boydell Press. 1964.
  • Stone, George Cameron. Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms & Armor. Jack Brussell Publisher. 1961.
The Fun Stuff
The Swashbuckling Videos (and fun movies with swords)
  • 3 Musketeers, The 1921.(+DVD)
  • 3 Musketeers, The 1935.
  • 3 Musketeers, The 1948.
  • 3 Musketeers, The 1974. (DVD)
  • 3 Musketeers, The 1993. (+DVD)
  • 4 Musketeers, The 1975. (+DVD)
  • 5th Musketeer, The 1984.
  • 7th Voyage of Sinbad.
  • 7 Seas to Calais.
  • Adventures of Don Juan. 1949.
  • Adventures of Robin Hood. 1938. (+DVD)
  • Against all Flags. 1952.
  • At Sword's Point. 1949. (aka Sons of the Musketeers)
  • Blackbeard the Pirate. 1952.
  • Black Knight, The 1954.
  • Black Pirate, The 1926. (+DVD)
  • Black Shield of Falworth. 1954.
  • Black Swan, The 1942.  (DVD)
  • Buccaneers Girl. 1949.
  • By the Sword. 1993.
  • California Conquest. 1952.
  • Captain Blood. 1935. (+DVD)
  • Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter. 1974.
  • Count of Monte Cristo. 1974.
  • Count of Monte Cristo. 2002. (DVD)
  • Crimson Pirate, The 1952. (+DVD)
  • CutThroat Island. 1995. DVD
  • Cyrano deBererac. 1955. (+DVD)
  • Cyrano deBergerac. (French) 1990.
  • Don Juan. 1926.
  • Don Q, Son of Zorro. 1925.
  • Don Ricardo Returns. 1946.
  • El Cid. 1961.
  • Golden Voyage of Sinbad.
  • Horatio Hornblower, #1 The Duel. 1999.
  • Horatio Hornblower, #2 The Fireship. 1999.
  • Horatio Hornblower, #3 The Dutchess & The Devil. 1999.
  • Horatio Hornblower, #4 The Wrong War. 1999.
  • Horatio Hornblower, #5 Mutiny. 2001.
  • Horatio Hornblower, #6  Retribution. 2001.
  • If I Were King. 1938.
  • Iron Mask, The 1929.
  • Ivanhoe. 1952.
  • Ivanhoe. 1997 (pts 1-3)
  • King's Thief, The ??
  • Lady Hawk. 1985.
  • Magic Sword, The 1962.
  • Man in the Iron Mask, The 1939.
  • Man in the Iron Mask, The 1992.
  • Man in the Iron Mask, The 1998. (DVD)
  • Mark of Zorro, The 1920.
  • Mark of Zorro, The 1940. (+DVD)
  • Mark of Zorro, The 1974.
  • Mask of Zorro, The 1998.
  • Master of Ballantrae, The 1953. (+DVD)
  • Musketeer, The 2001 (DVD)
  • Pirate Movie, The 1982.
  • Pirates of the Caribbean. 2003 (DVD)
  • Prince and the Pauper. 1937.
  • Prince of Foxes. 1949.
  • Prince Valiant. 1954.
  • Princess Bride, The 1987. (+DVD)
  • Prisoner of Zenda, The 1937. (+DVD)
  • Prisoner of Zenda, The 1952. (+DVD)
  • Queen of Swords. season 1 2000-2001.
  • Quintant Durward. 1955. (aka The Adventures of Quintant Durward)
  • Raiders of the Seven Seas. 1953.
  • Return of the Musketeers. 1989.
  • Ring of Steel. 1994.
  • Robin Hood. 1922.
  • Rob Roy. 1995. DVD
  • Scaramouche. 1952. DVD
  • Scarlet Pimpernel, The 1979.
  • Scarlet Pimpernel, The 1982. (DVD)
  • Scarlet Pimpernel, The #1 1999.
  • Scarlet Pimpernel, The #2 - Meets Madamoiselle Guillotine. 1999.
  • Scarlet Pimpernel, The #3 - The Kidnapped King. 1999.
  • Scarlet Pimpernel, The - A Good Name. 2001
  • Sea Hawk, The 1924.
  • Sea Hawk, The 1939.(+DVD)
  • Sinbad the Sailor. 1947.
  • Son of Fury. 1942.
  • Son of Monte Cristo, The 1940. (+DVD)
  • Spanish Main, The 1945.
  • Treasure Island. 1934.
  • Warriors, The 1955. (aka The Dark Avenger)
  • Zorro. (Disney 1957-58) ep 1-78 (missing 13 and 70)
The Swashbuckling Books (also books of high adventure with swordplay)
  • Allendede, Isabel. Zorro. Harper Collins Publishers. 2005.
  • Baroness Emmuska Orczy. The Scarlet Pimpernel.
  • Baroness Emmuska Orczy. The Elusive Pimpernel. Buccaneer Books, Inc. 1984.
  • Baroness Emmuska Orczy. The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel. Buccaneer Books, Inc. 1984.
  • Bergantino, David. Zorro and the Dragon Riders. Forge/Tor. 1999.
  • Bunch, Chris. Corsair. Aspect (Warner Brothers). 2001.
  • Burroughs, Edgar Rice.  A Princess of Mars. Del Rey. 1979. 13th printing. (original copyright 1912).
  • Brust, Steven. Five Hundred Years After.  TOR. 1994.
  • Brust, Steven. The Phoenix Guards.  TOR. 1992.
  • Dumas, Alexander. Chevalier De Maison Rouge.  P.F. Collier & Son. 1910.
  • Dumas, Alexander. The Chevalier D'Harmental.  P.F. Collier & Son. 1910.
  • Dumas, Alexander. Chicot the Jester.  P.F. Collier & Son. 1910.
  • Dumas, Alexander. The Count of Monte Cristo.  P.F. Collier & Son. 1910.
  • Dumas, Alexander. The Countess de Charny.  P.F. Collier & Son. 1910.
  • Dumas, Alexander. The Forty Five Guardsmen.  P.F. Collier & Son. 1910.
  • Dumas, Alexander. Joseph Balsamo.  P.F. Collier & Son. 1910.
  • Dumas, Alexander. Louise de Lavalliere.  P.F. Collier & Son. 1910.
  • Dumas, Alexander. The Man in the Iron Mask.  P.F. Collier & Son. 1910.
  • Dumas, Alexander. The Memoirs of a Physician.  P.F. Collier & Son. 1910.
  • Dumas, Alexander. The Page of the Duke de Savoy.  P.F. Collier & Son. 1910.
  • Dumas, Alexander. The Queen's Necklace.  P.F. Collier & Son. 1910.
  • Dumas, Alexander. The Regent's Daughter.  P.F. Collier & Son. 1910.
  • Dumas, Alexander. Taking the Bastile.  P.F. Collier & Son. 1910.
  • Dumas, Alexander. Ten Years Later.  P.F. Collier & Son. 1910.
  • Dumas, Alexander. The Three Guardsmen.  P.F. Collier & Son. 1910.
  • Dumas, Alexander. The Two Dianas.  P.F. Collier & Son. 1910.
  • Dumas, Alexander. The Viscomte de Bragelonne.  P.F. Collier & Son. 1910.
  • Dumas, Alexander. The Whites and the Blues.  P.F. Collier & Son. 1910.
  • Dumas, Alexander. The Three Musketeers.
  • Duncan, Dave. The Gilded Chain. EOS (Harper Collins). 1998.
  • Duncan, Dave. Lord of the Fire Lands. EOS (Harper Collins). 1999.
  • Duncan, Dave. Sky of Swords. EOS (Harper Collins). 2001.
  • Goldman, William. The Princess Bride. (The Good Parts Version). Del Rey. 2000.
  • Heinlein, Robert A. Glory Road. Berkley.  1983, 27th printing.
  • Luceno, James. The Mask of Zorro. Pocket Books. 1998.
  • McCulley, Johnston. The Mark of Zorro. Forge div of Tor Books. 1998.
  • McCulley, Johnston. Zorro the Masters Edition. Vol. 1. Pulp Adventures Inc. 2000.
  • McCulley, Johnston. Zorro the Masters Edition. Vol. 2 1944-46. Pulp Adventures Inc. 2000.
  • Perez-Reverte, Arturo. Captain Alatriste. G.P. Putnam's Sons. 2005. Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden.
  • Perez-Reverte, Arturo. Purity of Blood.  G.P. Putnam's Sons. 2006. Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden.
    Perez-Reverte, Arturo. The Sun Over Breda. G.P. Putnam's Sons. 2007. Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden.
  • Perez-Reverte, Arturo. The Fencing Master. Harcourt Brace. 1999. Translated by Margaret Jull Costa.
  • Preisler, Jerome. Zorro and the Jaguar Warriors. Forge/Tor. 1998.
  • Sabatini, Rafael. Bellarion. Collier. 1926.
  • Sabatini, Rafael. The Black Swan. Houghton Mifflin. 1932.
  • Sabatini, Rafael. Captain Blood. Collier. 1924.
  • Sabatini, Rafael. The Fortunes of Captain Blood. Collier. 1936.
  • Sabatini, Rafael. The Lost King. Collier. 1937.
  • Sabatini, Rafael. Master at Arms. Collier. 1940.
  • Sabatini, Rafael. The Romantic Prince. Houghton Mifflin. 1929.
  • Sabatini, Rafael. Scaramouche. Collier. 1921.
  • Sabatini, Rafael. Scaramouche the King-Maker. Houghton Mifflin. 1931.
  • Sabatini, Rafael. The Sea-Hawk. Collier. 1924.
  • Sabatini, Rafael. The Stalking Horse. Collier. 1930.
  • Sabatini, Rafael. The Sword of Islam. Collier. 1939.
  • Sabatini, Rafael. The Tavern Knight. Houghton Mifflin. 1932.
  • Stevenson, Robert Louis. The Master of Ballantrae.  Dover Publications. Inc. 2003.
  • Thorndike, Russell. Doctor Syn on the High Seas (1). Arrow. 1972.
  • Thorndike, Russell. Doctor Syn Returns (2). Arrow. 1972.
  • Thorndike, Russell. The Further Adventures of Doctor Syn (3). Arrow. 1972.
  • Thorndike, Russell. The Courageous Exploits of Doctor Syn (4). Arrow. 1972.
  • Thorndike, Russell. The Amazing Quest of Doctor Syn (5). Arrow. 1972.
  • Thorndike, Russell. The Shadow of Doctor Syn (6). Arrow. 1972.
  • Thorndike, Russell. Doctor Syn (7/1 it was actually the first one written). Arrow. 1972.
  • Whitman, John. Zorro and the Witch's Curse. Forge/Tor. 2000.