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A Polite Exchange of Bullets: The Duel and the English Gentleman, 1750-1850
Stephen Banks
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Description for A Polite Exchange of Bullets: The Duel and the English Gentleman, 1750-1850
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Explores why minor slights to certain kinds of gentlemen led to duels in order for honour to be satisfied, and how such ideas about honour changed over time. This book, the most comprehensive study of the English pistol duel yet undertaken, examines what it meant to be a man of honour in eighteenth and nineteenth century England. A thorough survey of the incidence and distribution of duelling, both socially and geographically, identifies those sub-groups of gentlemen most likely to duel. The author considers the mores and manners of such groups and asks why it was that within specific professions, ... Read more
Explores why minor slights to certain kinds of gentlemen led to duels in order for honour to be satisfied, and how such ideas about honour changed over time. This book, the most comprehensive study of the English pistol duel yet undertaken, examines what it meant to be a man of honour in eighteenth and nineteenth century England. A thorough survey of the incidence and distribution of duelling, both socially and geographically, identifies those sub-groups of gentlemen most likely to duel. The author considers the mores and manners of such groups and asks why it was that within specific professions, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
Number of Pages
330
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843835714
SKU
V9781843835714
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99-50
Reviews for A Polite Exchange of Bullets: The Duel and the English Gentleman, 1750-1850
The author is to be commended for having written such a comprehensive, persuasive and engaging account.
AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW
Brings to light many aspects of the duel that have been left unexamined in the past. [...] There is much here that will intrigue.
JOURNAL OF MODERN HISTORY
AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW
Brings to light many aspects of the duel that have been left unexamined in the past. [...] There is much here that will intrigue.
JOURNAL OF MODERN HISTORY