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By the Sword
Richard Cohen
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Description for By the Sword
Paperback. Awide-ranging history of swordsmanship through the ages, written with passion and artistry by a former Olympic fencer. Num Pages: 560 pages, 77 b-w integrated photographs. BIC Classification: HBT; HBW; WSTF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 36. Weight in Grams: 382.
The art and science of sword fighting goes back almost to the dawn of civilization and has been an obsession for much of mankind throughout recorded history. From the Roman arena to feudal Japan and from the duellists of Europe to the development of modern-day Olympic fencing, Richard Cohen traces the course of swordsmanship with wit and erudition in a fascinating and wonderfully discursive account. Packed with anecdote, superbly written and built on a solid foundation of historical research, this is a tribute to a deadly but beautiful skill, the mastery of which for centuries defined a man.
The art and science of sword fighting goes back almost to the dawn of civilization and has been an obsession for much of mankind throughout recorded history. From the Roman arena to feudal Japan and from the duellists of Europe to the development of modern-day Olympic fencing, Richard Cohen traces the course of swordsmanship with wit and erudition in a fascinating and wonderfully discursive account. Packed with anecdote, superbly written and built on a solid foundation of historical research, this is a tribute to a deadly but beautiful skill, the mastery of which for centuries defined a man.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cohen, Richard
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847396709
SKU
V9781847396709
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99-99
About Richard Cohen
Richard Cohen is the former publishing director of Hutchinson and Hodder & Stoughton and the author of Chasing the Sun, By the Sword, and How To Write Like Tolstoy. Works he has edited have gone on to win the Pulitzer, Booker and Whitbread/Costa prizes, and twenty-one have been #1 bestsellers. For more than 35 years he has written, edited, and lectured on numerous subjects around the ... Read more
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