Gentleman's Blood:a History of Dueling From Swords at Dawn to Pistols at Dusk by Barbara Holland
Gentleman's Blood:a History of Dueling From Swords at Dawn to Pistols at Dusk

Barbara Holland

Gentleman's Blood:a History of Dueling From Swords at Dawn to Pistols at Dusk

Barbara Holland

304 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history informative mysterious slow-paced
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The duel was essential to private, public, and political life. Where it was technically illegal, those who followed the elaborate codes of procedure were seldom prosecuted and rarely convicted: they were obeying a grand old tradition. Gentlemen's ...

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