CompleteMartialArts.com - The Sword and the Centuries (Greenhill Military Manuals)
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Manufacturer: Greenhill Books
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 394.8
EAN: 9781853675133
ISBN: 185367513X
Label: Greenhill Books
Manufacturer: Greenhill Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: 2006-02-19
Publisher: Greenhill Books
Studio: Greenhill Books
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This colorful and vividly descriptive book traces the sword and its use throughout the golden age of swordsmanship. Using examples from history, Hutton charts the development of various types of weapons, demonstrates the techniques and tactics of the key practitioners, and brings to the fore the heroes and villains of legendary duels, private quarrels, public feuds, and prize fights. Hutton examines such deadly weapons as the Two-Hand Sword, the Rapier Foil, the Dagger Foil, the Stiletto, the Flamberge, the Small Sword, the Falchion, and the Broadsword. He illustrates their use with famous and infamous fights from the history of combat.
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Summary: An absolute "must"
Comment: Yes, don't bother thinking about it - just buy this one. That is, if you're interrested in duels. I enjoyed this book a lot, as all of Hutton's works, although this one is not as "technical" as the rest of them. Rather a pleasant read, and probably the best collection of accounts of some historically important, or for various reasons colorful duels... By the way (and I suppose I'm stating the obvious here, considering Huttons's primary occupation), pistol-lovers - stay away! :-)
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