Name: Gentlemen's Blood: A History of Dueling by Barbara Holland (Author)
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Gentlemen's Blood: A History of Dueling by Barbara Holland (Author)

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Gentlemen's Blood: A History of Dueling by Barbara Holland (Author)ISBN: 9781582344409 Publisher : Bloomsbury USA, September 13, 2004 Paperback, 256 pages The medieval justice of trial by combat evolved into the private duel by sword and pistol, with thousands of honorable men and not so honorable women giving lives and limbs to wipe out an insult or prove a point. The duel was essential to private, public, and political life, and those who followed the elaborate codes of procedure were seldom prosecuted and rarely

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