tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24348391.post350893757256067246..comments2024-02-02T06:07:56.982+00:00Comments on LIVING THE HISTORY: Tall, Dark and Handsome!Elizabeth Chadwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16911841862257909703noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24348391.post-55941326982361399132014-01-20T19:39:03.865+00:002014-01-20T19:39:03.865+00:00I felt exactly as you did, when at 13 I saw the se...I felt exactly as you did, when at 13 I saw the series on Italian tv, totally in love with the beautiful white knight! I still remember the day the last episode was on, one of the saddest of<br /> my life! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24348391.post-80928075842752340502013-01-12T20:32:30.844+00:002013-01-12T20:32:30.844+00:00Just did a bit of "googling" on "De...Just did a bit of "googling" on "Desert Crusader" this evening because like Simon in an earlier post I also remembered this show as a kid and still to this day could whistle the theme tune but hadn't heard it since those days as a kid! Delighted to finally get to the bottom of the mystery .... that it was in fact a dubbed French show. I loved watching it so much all those years ago. And yes my memory of the theme tune was spot it! Amazing what you remember.Cathalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24348391.post-65772615006061160462011-07-12T21:50:23.848+00:002011-07-12T21:50:23.848+00:00Actually I was amused to find a 'kissing' ...Actually I was amused to find a 'kissing' episode when I rewatched the sequences - but it was of the unrequited love variety in the end.<br />You will find occasional moments of kissing in my work, but it is fairly bloke friendly. I'd say try The Greatest Knight for a starter. Snoggery involved, but not to the exclusion of the derring do and other goings on. <br />As to six year old cowboys. Just mosey along to my website and take a look at a certain photo on my biography! :-)Elizabeth Chadwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911841862257909703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24348391.post-11738802226148622722011-07-12T21:21:15.340+00:002011-07-12T21:21:15.340+00:00I remember it from summer holidays in the 70's...I remember it from summer holidays in the 70's but could never remember the title.<br />Pity the acting wasn't as good as I remembered, I suppose some memories should stay just that, although I've always had a love of history because of this program and the flashing blade of course. Of course when I started reading history properly Richard the lion heart and co were no where near as nice a bunch as the desert crusader.<br />I'll have to read some of your books, hopefully they won't be to girly, as a friend of mine said to me when we were 6 happiness is a good western with no kissing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24348391.post-23039777792346293182011-02-26T20:42:23.013+00:002011-02-26T20:42:23.013+00:00awesome story. loved your writing.
http://db2guid...awesome story. loved your writing.<br /><br />http://db2guide.blogspot.com/Perfectionisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03411729721114012611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24348391.post-89353204714470775712011-02-15T21:41:28.664+00:002011-02-15T21:41:28.664+00:00This serie go exibited in Brazil in years 70,calle...This serie go exibited in Brazil in years 70,called:"AS CRUZADAS",with unforgetable soundtrack(Mario Gem?).Guest star carismatic french actor André Lawrence.The Italian movie called:Os 7 de Tebas(I Sette a Tebe)-from 1963.direction by Roy Ferguson,with André Lawrence e Loredana Nusciak(Django).Marcos Maurício(Brazil).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24348391.post-62605632414120129162010-11-07T15:32:45.020+00:002010-11-07T15:32:45.020+00:00Thank you for the story. I saw Thibaud sitcom at t...Thank you for the story. I saw Thibaud sitcom at the same time that you did. But I was living in El Salvador. They put it on tv in Spanish. Just few people remember this sitcom. And you are agree. As you did, I learned to love history through this show. Congratulations. You have become a writer. From El Salvador, carmengonzaleh@yahoo.comCarmen González Huguethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09224911743148738993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24348391.post-2655562190588401612010-10-19T12:34:05.500+00:002010-10-19T12:34:05.500+00:00Anna, thanks for stopping by. You need to go to A...Anna, thanks for stopping by. You need to go to Amazon's French branch to find it. I think they should have a list of their international sites at the foot of the Amazon page. That's where I got my copies.Elizabeth Chadwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911841862257909703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24348391.post-91984245934369050722010-10-18T16:07:44.213+00:002010-10-18T16:07:44.213+00:00I am in ecstasy! I have been looking for this seri...I am in ecstasy! I have been looking for this series for years and years and years - I too was completely smitten as a six-year-old and have never forgotten it, but no one I ever asked had heard of it. I began to think I had imagined it all myself. Please, please tell me where you got your DVD edition of it, as I would love to see it again. I just checked Amazon, they don't have it. Thibaud was amazing, the horses were amazing, the whole concept of it was designed to sweep young girls off their feet, I am convinced. I am so so happy to have found someone who was also glued to the TV on a Saturday morning before Tarzan, enraptured by the whole romance of it, and the handsome hero.Anna Purnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08562799159438250841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24348391.post-52608034732306366162010-09-15T00:24:31.095+00:002010-09-15T00:24:31.095+00:00I thought I had forgot all about Thibaut....but no...I thought I had forgot all about Thibaut....but no...how marvellous..the joy of watching the series especially if my brother was not around to tease me...Andre Lawrence was French/Canadian I believe so could have probably dubbed it himself....I would love to read "Tigers Eye" was it ever published? Arthur of the Britons..really like that series /him until "The Stud" with Joan Collins co-starring....I have very recently been introduced to your books by my daughter who is an avid fan, and we both have a soft spot for William Marshall...keep the books coming. I started with the Wild Hunt and just about to read The Scarlet Lion...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15228923419936774010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24348391.post-84717966922685448332010-04-17T20:21:50.312+00:002010-04-17T20:21:50.312+00:00A thousand thanks for the links to the theme tune!...A thousand thanks for the links to the theme tune! As with some of the earlier comments I have never forgotten it over all these years and now the short 'taster' of the theme sits happily on my new fangled MP3. Unlike you I never fell in love with Thibaud (being a boy!) but this series started my life long love affair with swords and armour. The thing I really remember was the sound of the combat, not your hollywood 'knitting needles' clacking away but real full bodied clanging like two hammer and anvils! (I even made my own broadsword in metal work at school at the time!)<br />Once again many thanks for the memories<br /><br />Best wishes<br /><br />Robin GodbeerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24348391.post-14235388272786501932009-07-19T10:08:23.126+00:002009-07-19T10:08:23.126+00:00Hi Dave,
Thanks for dropping in.
I can't help ...Hi Dave,<br />Thanks for dropping in.<br />I can't help you on your query, but I suspect that the French version is the only one that's going to be available. If there'd been a dubbed English version, I'd have it. Annoying but better than nothing I guess. I very vaguely remember Robinson Crusoe, but it didn't grab me with the same dazzle as Desert Crusader - or should I say it hasn't stayed with me down the decades!<br />Good hunting!Elizabeth Chadwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911841862257909703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24348391.post-80901164028514643682009-07-19T00:23:21.533+00:002009-07-19T00:23:21.533+00:00Hi Elizabeth
Can i ask you do you know if the engl...Hi Elizabeth<br />Can i ask you do you know if the english dubbed version is available?? i saw it on Amazon France, & contacted Uk Amazon & they didnt have a clue!!<br />I was also a big fan of Arthur of the Britons, & The Flashing blade!! they take m back to those saturday mornings as a child. in the early seventies!! (happy times)waited so long for these to apear on dvd, lets hope thibaud does as well!Does anyone remember the french made Robinson Crusoe?? Best Wishes Dave CarswellDave Carswellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24348391.post-66619759938386512112009-02-08T11:39:00.000+00:002009-02-08T11:39:00.000+00:00Simon, thanks for dropping by and glad I was able ...Simon, thanks for dropping by and glad I was able to help. Youtube is brilliant (although it devours time) for finding all sorts of blasts from the past.<BR/>Books: I would say take a look at The Greatest Knight and see how you go from there. It's the story of William Marshal, one of England's greatest medieval men and there's plenty of chivalry, swash-buckle, political scullduggery and romance!Elizabeth Chadwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911841862257909703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24348391.post-46121635677478844532009-02-08T11:18:00.000+00:002009-02-08T11:18:00.000+00:00Thanks, Elizabeth. I really enjoyed reading your s...Thanks, Elizabeth. I really enjoyed reading your story. As a boy of 12 I watched it and thoroughly enjoyed the series. The music has stayed with me these past 37 years, tucked away in my memory, waiting to hear it again and check how accurate it was! I'm pleased to say that it sounded as I remembered...but I'm not too surprised to hear about the acting being 'hammy'! Anyone who watched 'The Flashing Blade' in the late '60s will know what I mean. I thought it was brilliant at the time; I saw it again many years later and was shocked at how awful it was. But the theme tune was still catchy (not aged as well as 'Desert Crusader' though). Some readers may remember 'On the Waterfront', a late '80s Sat morning kids' prog (which I watched aged 28!!), which did a fantastic overdub send-up of 'The Flashing Blade'.<BR/>Thank you for enabling me to hear the music once again for 'Desert Crusader'. It still sounds great. Now I know about your books, I shall locate and buy a copy. Any recommendation for a first to read?Simon Trickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03887409910107134714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24348391.post-40852228449004298942008-10-31T12:46:00.000+00:002008-10-31T12:46:00.000+00:00Hi!I want to thank you so much for this. This ser...Hi!<BR/><BR/>I want to thank you so much for this. This series has been playing on my mind for so long. I remembered the gorgeous man in the flowing white robes in the series which I used to watch when I was young. I remember that he never got dirty! Anyway, doing the google search brought me here and now thanks to you - I have the DVD. I cannot speak French! But I am still enjoying it thoroughly. He has the Hollywood good looks - better looking than most of them in Hollywood actually. The fighting is more realistic than I remembered. I am not at all surprised you were inspired by this character. I too have written stories based on characters in series that I love - I am sure Thibaud will be one of those now!<BR/><BR/>Unlike you I am not a published author, and I am so pleased that you have been successful.<BR/><BR/>Love Catherine xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24348391.post-12670734615346517282008-10-23T23:02:00.000+00:002008-10-23T23:02:00.000+00:00Thank you so much for the advice. I followed the l...Thank you so much for the advice. I followed the link and have managed to order a copy of Thibaud. Looking forward to trying to follow in French now! <BR/>Thanks again for your help.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01234354949908058136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24348391.post-34330689869935259032008-10-20T22:52:00.000+00:002008-10-20T22:52:00.000+00:00Hi Michael,Thanks for dropping by the blog.I obtai...Hi Michael,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for dropping by the blog.<BR/>I obtained my copy from Amazon France so as far as I know they stock it - unless they've run out.<BR/>Just been to look - yes they have it in stock. I'm no good at typing urls into comments posts but the below is the correct one sans underline.<BR/>You need to go to Amazon France and type Thibaud ou les Croisades into the search box and voila!<BR/>http://www.amazon.fr/s/ref=nb_ss_w?__mk_fr_FR=%C5M%C5Z%D5%D1&url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=thibaud+ou+les+Croisades&x=18&y=13<BR/><BR/>Cheers<BR/>elizabethElizabeth Chadwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911841862257909703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24348391.post-3797390864728502882008-10-20T22:41:00.000+00:002008-10-20T22:41:00.000+00:00I enjoyed reading your story. My children enjoy bo...I enjoyed reading your story. My children enjoy both Richard Greene's Robin Hood and The Flashing Blade - along with the US television series Lost in Space. I've tried to get the dvd for the dubbed version of Tibhaud, Desert Crusader, and even tried Amazon France for the French language original but to no avail. Any thoughts?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01234354949908058136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24348391.post-42798942507896054482008-10-13T22:20:00.000+00:002008-10-13T22:20:00.000+00:00I want to thank you for this. I too was and still...I want to thank you for this. I too was and still am in love with Thibaud. I want to be a writer as well, but have never fulfilled that dream.<BR/><BR/>Lately I have been looking up all the old series of my childhood and I remember this one so well and am so glad that I have discovered what it was called and I have now ordered it.<BR/><BR/>I am so excited about being able to see him again!<BR/><BR/>Catherine xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24348391.post-4103440741208767002008-05-14T17:36:00.000+00:002008-05-14T17:36:00.000+00:00I watched him as a kid on French TV. Yes, I found ...I watched him as a kid on French TV. Yes, I found him very cute, but my heart was taken: I was already in love with Zorro.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24348391.post-68324147227001308522008-05-01T15:45:00.000+00:002008-05-01T15:45:00.000+00:00Thanks for the comments folks. Sarah, I am going ...Thanks for the comments folks. Sarah, I am going to have to get hold of Arthur of the Britains to add to my 'retro' collection. That was a favourite too. You are right about the Ivanhoe though!<BR/><BR/>Matt - sadly there are no English subtitles, so you have to watch it all in French. I have a French 'O' level, but it's all a bit fast for me! The episode with the red-haired Scotsman with the 'English' French accent is a hoot though!Elizabeth Chadwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911841862257909703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24348391.post-87248017748229861422008-05-01T15:38:00.000+00:002008-05-01T15:38:00.000+00:00Like you I never thought I'd see this series again...Like you I never thought I'd see this series again. Do you know if the DVD has english subtitles?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24348391.post-67749023184105289002008-04-30T19:37:00.000+00:002008-04-30T19:37:00.000+00:00What a great story! I loved Arthur of the Britons ...What a great story! I loved <EM>Arthur of the Britons</EM> with Oliver Tobias, which was made in the early 70s. I despaired of it ever coming out on DVD but a friend recently told me the two series are now available and I've just bought them. What joy! Now I shall have to investigate <EM>Robin Hood</EM> (the Richard Greene version) and <EM>William Tell</EM> (Conrad Phillips)- but definitely not <EM>Ivanhoe</EM> with Roger Moore.Sarah Cuthbertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17841282823433026980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24348391.post-86901777663694462132008-04-23T07:42:00.000+00:002008-04-23T07:42:00.000+00:00Oh lord. I'm in love. Again.Oh lord. I'm in love. Again.Jan Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00471022034388834235noreply@blogger.com