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By the Sword: A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions(Modern Library (eBook))

By the Sword: A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions(Modern Library (eBook))


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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. Ignatius Loyola 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 an epic history of sword fighting-a science, an art, and, for many, a religion that began at the dawn of civilization in ancient Egypt and has been an obsession for mankind ever since. With wit and insight, Richard Cohen gives us an engrossing history of the world via the sword. Praise for By the Sword: Touche! While scrupulous and informed about its subject, Richard Cohen's book is about more than swordplay. It reads at times like an alternative social history of the West. -Sebastian Faulks In writing By The Sword, [Cohen] has shown that he is as skilled with the pen as he is with the sword. -The New York Times Irresistible . . . extraordinary . . . vivid and hugely enjoyable. -The Economist A virtual encyclopedia on the subject of sword fighting. -San Francisco Chronicle Literate, learned, and, beg pardon, razor-sharp . . . a pleasure for practitioners, and a rewarding entertainment for the armchair swashbuckler. -Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

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"Like swordplay itself, "By the Sword" is elegant, accurate, romantic, and full of brio--the definitive study, hugely readable, of man's most deadly art." --Simon Winchester "A vivid and hugely enjoyable pageant of extraordinary tales . . . irresistible." --"The Economist" "In writing "By the Sword," [Cohen] has shown that he is as skilled with the pen as he is with the sword." --"The New York Times" "Touche! While scrupulous and informed about its subject, Richard Cohen's book is about more than swordplay. It reads at times like an alternative social history of the West." --Sebastian Faulks "A virtual encyclopedia on the subject of sword fighting." --"San Francisco Chronicle" "Literate, learned, and, beg pardon, razor-sharp . . . a pleasure for practitioners, and a rewarding entertainment for the armchair swashbuckler." --"Kirkus Reviews" (starred review) "A fascinating story told with literary verve." --"Library Journal "(starred review) "From the Trade Paperback edition."


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  • ISBN-13: 9780307430748
  • Publisher: Modern Library
  • Publisher Imprint: Modern Library
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: Modern Library (eBook)
  • ISBN-10: 030743074X
  • Publisher Date: 18 Dec 2007
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 423
  • Sub Title: A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions


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