text By the sword : a history of gladiators, musketeers, samurai, swashbucklers, and Olympic champions
- Summary
- Napoleon fenced. So did Shakespeare, Karl Marx, Grace Kelly, and President Truman, who would cross swords with Bess after school. Lincoln was a canny dueler. Ignatius Loyola challenged a man to a duel for denying Christ's divinity (and won). Less ... Read more
- Contents
- How it all began -- Enter the master -- Wild kind of justice -- France in the age of the musketeers -- Great swordmakers -- Perfect thrust -- Where the sword is the soul -- Points of honor -- Pursuit for gentlemen -- Swashbuckling -- On Mount Rush... Read more
- Format
- text
- Description
- xxiv, 519 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Publisher
- Random House 2002
| Library | Location | Status |
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| Woodmere (Main Branch) | 796.86 COH in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
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| TADL-WOOD | 796.86 COH in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
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| Library | Location | Status |
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| Woodmere (Main Branch) | 796.86 COH in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
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