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A Polite Exchange of Bullets: The Duel and the English Gentleman, 1750-1850
A Polite Exchange of Bullets The Duel and the English Gentleman 17501850
Author: Stephen Banks
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 c...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781843835714
ISBN-10: 1843835711
Publication Date: 10/18/2010
Pages: 324
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Publisher: Boydell Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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