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By the Sword

内容简介

Napoleonfenced.SodidShakespeare,KarlMarx,GraceKelly,andPresidentTruman,whowouldcrossswordswithhisdaughter,Margaret,whenshecamehomefromschool.Lincolnwasacannydueler.IgantiusLoyalachallengedamantoaduelfordenyingChrist’sdivinity(andwon).Lesssuccessful,butnolessenthusiastic,wasMussolini,whowouldtellhiswifehewas“offtogetspaghetti,”theircodetoavoidalarmingthechildren.BytheSwordisanepichistoryofswordfighting—ascience,anart,and,formany,areligionthatbeganatthedawnofcivilizationinancientEgyptandhasbeenanobsessionformankindeversince.Withwitandinsight,RichardCohengivesusanengrossinghistoryoftheworldviathesword.WithanewPrefacebytheauthor,

作者简介

RichardCohenwasfivetimesU.K.nationalsaberchampionandwasselectedfortheBritishOlympicteamin1972,1976,1980,and1984.Morerecently,hehasbeenfourtimesworldveteransaberchampion.AformerdirectoroftheCheltenhamLiteratureFestival,heistheauthorofChasingtheSun:TheEpicStoryoftheStarThatGivesUsLife.HelivesinNewYorkCity,whereheisworkingonanewbook,TheHistoryofHistorians.

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