Queen Of Swords

Queen of Swords is an action-adventure television series produced at the same time as the TV series Xena: Warrior Princess between the two Zorro films, The Mask of Zorro (1998) and The Legend of Zorro (2005). It was set in California during the early 19th century and ran for one season, from 2000 to 2001. The show is about a young noblewoman, Tessa Alvarado, who is also a Zorro/Batgirl style masked avenger known as the Queen of Swords. The Queen ... more

Queen of Swords is an action-adventure television series produced at the same time as the TV series Xena: Warrior Princess between the two Zorro films, The Mask of Zorro (1998) and The Legend of Zorro (2005). It was set in California during the early 19th century and ran for one season, from 2000 to 2001. The show is about a young noblewoman, Tessa Alvarado, who is also a Zorro/Batgirl style masked avenger known as the Queen of Swords. The Queen of Swords robs from the oppressive Military Alcalde and returns money to the oppressed peasants while righting wrongs, protecting the innocent, punishing the guilty and trying to find the murderer of her father. Never depicted as physically stronger than her opponents, winning by being more skilled or using the element of surprise and when the odds are too great running away to fight another day The series first aired on October 7, 2000. Then, after a season of poor ratings and after funds for production had been completely depleted from... less