The Last Duel
Publisher: Century
Published: January 6, 2005
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780712661904
Subjects: Crime & criminology; Social history; c 1000 CE to c 1500; History: World
First sentence: In the fourteenth century it took several months for knights and pilgrims to travel from Paris or Rome to the Holy Land, and a year or more for friars and traders to journey across Europe and all the way to China along the Silk Road.