A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions
by
Richard Cohen
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
**“Like swordplay itself, By the Sword is elegant, accurate, romantic, and full of brio—the definitive study, hugely readable, of man’s most deadly art.”—Simon Winchester
With a new Preface by the author**
Napoleon fenced. So did Shakespeare, Karl Marx, Grace Kelly, and President...