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By the Sword: A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions; 10th anniversary edition (Modern Library Paperbacks)
Richard Cohen
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| #369401 in Books | 2003-08-05 | 2003-08-05 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.90 x1.10 x5.10l,.91 | File type: PDF | 560 pages||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Interesting history of duels and swordplay.|By KG|I enjoyed reading this book. It contained a very thorough discussion on the history of dueling across continents, countries and cultures. I never truly appreciated how much the art of dueling, especially the art of swordplay, was so intimately interwoven in many historical societies until I read this book.|1 of 1 people found t|From Publishers Weekly|Cohen's enthusiastic history of the sword and of swordplay captures the adventure, romance, danger and intrigue that the weapon has represented throughout world history. The narrative contains superheroes, villains, underdogs, spies, alche
Napoleon fenced. So did Shakespeare, Karl Marx, Grace Kelly, and President Truman, who would cross swords with his daughter, Margaret, when she came home from school. Lincoln was a canny dueler. Igantius Loyala challenged a man to a duel for denying Christ’s divinity (and won). Less successful, but no less enthusiastic, was Mussolini, who would tell his wife he was “off to get spaghetti,” their code to avoid alarming the children. By the Sword is...
You easily download any file type for your gadget.By the Sword: A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions; 10th anniversary edition (Modern Library Paperbacks) | Richard Cohen. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
