The History of Dueling Including Narratives of the Most Remarkable Encounters that Have Taken Place from the Earliest Period to the Present Time Part One
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Published: September 20, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9781432618193
Subjects: History / Social History; Social History; History; History - General History; History: World
First sentence: WHILE calmly perusing the annals of duelling, we cannot but be amazed when we behold, in the present day of pretended intellectual perfection, this practice adopted in a society which prides itself upon its boasted high state of civilization.