Название: Pistols at Dawn: A History of Duelling
Автор: John Norris
Издательство: The History Press
ISBN: 0752447106
Год: 2009
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 256
Размер: 1,8 МБ
Язык: Английский

In modern society the thought that someone would organize a deadly competition with a rival, risking his life over a point of honor, is incomprehensible. That this form of resolution would become an accepted "sport," with noble gentlemen even possessing sets of special duelling pistols, seems insane.