By the sword
a history of gladiators, musketeers, samurai, swashbucklers, and Olympic champions
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Book Description
A dynamic and personality-filled history of sword fighting--from medieval knights to Hollywood swashbucklers, gladiators, musketeers, samurai and Olympic ...
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guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010
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Cutting edge of history
By the Sword: A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbuckler and Olympic Champions by Richard Cohen Macmillan £20, pp416 It started with Longitude. Dava Sobel's surprisingly praised book has led to a glut of history. That work's main stre ... (read full critics)
guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010
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Book Details
- English Books
- 519 Pages
- ISBN-10: 0375504176
- ISBN-13: 9780375504174
- Publisher: Random House Inc
- Pub date: Nov 05, 2002
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Having an épée can end in tears
By the Sword by Richard Cohen 519pp, Macmillan, £20 The clash of swords is the beginning of a conversation. Bullets merely speed by each other and either hit or miss their target, but blades engage. They smack and slither, disengage and reacquaint th ... (read full critics)