By the sword : a history of gladiators, musketeers, Samurai, swashbucklers, and olympic champions
Cohen, Richard, 1947-2010
Books, Manuscripts
Above all this book portrays the character of fencing - at once graceful, balletic, rough, technically beautiful and fiercely competitive. Richard Cohen traces these subtleties, the passions that it arouses in its players and explains his personal devotion to this ancient art.
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Author:
Edition:
[New] ed.
Imprint:
London : Pocket, 2010.
Collation:
xxiv, 529 p. : ill., ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Previous ed.: New York: Random House; London: Macmillan, 2002.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781847396709 (pbk)
Dewey class:
796.86
Language:
English
BRN:
335096