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By the Sword : A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions (Modern Library Paperbacks)
By the Sword A History of Gladiators Musketeers Samurai Swashbucklers and Olympic Champions - Modern Library Paperbacks
Author: Richard Cohen
By the Sword is an epic history of sword fighting—a science, an art, and, for many, a religion that began at the dawn of civilization in ancient Egypt and has been an obsession for mankind ever since. With wit and insight, Richard Cohen gives us an engrossing history of the world via the sword.
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ISBN-13: 9780812969665
ISBN-10: 0812969669
Publication Date: 8/5/2003
Pages: 544
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Publisher: Modern Library
Book Type: Paperback
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wonderful book that my son owns several copies of...he's a fencer.


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