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By the Sword

By the Sword

Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai Warriors, Swashbucklers and Olympians

by Richard Cohen
Paperback
Publication Date: 16/04/2010

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The art and science of sword fighting goes back almost to the dawn of civilization and has been an obsession for much of mankind throughout recorded history. From the Roman arena to feudal Japan and from the duellists of Europe to the development of modern-day Olympic fencing, Richard Cohen traces the course of swordsmanship with wit and erudition in a fascinating and wonderfully discursive account. Packed with anecdote, superbly written and built on a solid foundation of historical research, this is a tribute to a deadly but beautiful skill, the mastery of which for centuries defined a man.
ISBN:
9781847396709
9781847396709
Category:
History: specific events & topics
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
16-04-2010
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
560
Dimensions (mm):
198x130x36mm
Richard Cohen

Richard Cohen is the author of Chasing the Sun, How to Write Like Tolstoy and By the Sword. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and for two years was programme director of the Cheltenham Festival of Literature. Five times UK national sabre champion, he was selected for the British Olympic fencing team. He lives in New York.

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