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Richard Cohen

By the Sword

A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions; 10th anniversary edition

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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: 978-0-8129-6966-5
  • EAN: 9780812969665
  • Produktnummer: 9122523
  • Verlag: Random House N.Y.
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
  • Seitenangabe: 560 S.

Über den Autor


Richard Cohen was five times U.K. national saber champion and was selected for the British Olympic team in 1972, 1976, 1980, and 1984. More recently, he has been four times world veteran saber champion. A former director of the Cheltenham Literature Festival, he is the author of Chasing the Sun: The Epic Story of the Star That Gives Us Life. He lives in New York City, where he is working on a new book, The History of Historians.

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