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By the Sword: A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions
By the Sword A History of Gladiators Musketeers Samurai Swashbucklers and Olympic Champions
Author: Richard Cohen
Napoleon fenced. So did Shakespeare, Karl Marx, Grace Kelly, and President Truman, who would cross swords with Bess after 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...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780375504174
ISBN-10: 0375504176
Publication Date: 11/5/2002
Pages: 544
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Publisher: Random House
Book Type: Hardcover
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