By the Sword: A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions
by Cohen, Richard
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- Hardcover
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- Very good in very good dust jacket. DJ has slight wear and soiling.
- ISBN 10
- 0375504176
- ISBN 13
- 9780375504174
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 2002. Reprint. Second printing. Hardcover. Very good in very good dust jacket. DJ has slight wear and soiling.. xxiv, 519, [1] p. Illustrations. Occasional footnotes. Notes. Index. A dynamic and personality-filled history of sword fighting--from medieval knights to Hollywood swashbucklers, gladiators, musketeers, samurai and Olympic champions. This is an epic history of sword fighting, a science, an art and, for many, a religion that began at the down of civilization in ancient Egypt and has been practiced by mankind ever since. With with and insight, the author gives us an intriguing variation of the world's history.
Synopsis
Richard Cohen was five times U.K. national saber champion and was selected for the British Olympic team in 1972, 1976, 1980, and 1984. More recently, he has been four times world veteran saber champion. A former director of the Cheltenham Literature Festival, he is the author of Chasing the Sun: The Epic Story of the Star That Gives Us Life . He lives in New York City, where he is working on a new book, The History of Historians .
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- Ground Zero Books (US)
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- 64545
- Title
- By the Sword: A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions
- Author
- Cohen, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good in very good dust jacket. DJ has slight wear and soiling.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint. Second printing
- ISBN 10
- 0375504176
- ISBN 13
- 9780375504174
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- Sword, Swashbuckling, Emil Beck, Bino Bini, Egerton Castle, Coubertin, Duel, Rudolf Karpati, Kendo, Eduardo Mangiarotti, Helene Mayer, Aldo Nadi, Jerzy Pawlowski, Rapier, Ellen Preiss, Saber, Samurai, Wojciech Zablocki
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