Ancient Swordplay: The Revival of Elizabethan Fencing in Victorian London by Tony Wolf

Ancient Swordplay: The Revival of Elizabethan Fencing in Victorian London

Tony Wolf

196 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction art history sports informative medium-paced

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In late Victorian England, even as the sword was being rendered useless on the battlefield, swordsmanship was experiencing a unique revival. Captain Alfred Hutton and Egerton Castle, both devoted fencers and amateur historians, led a systematic st...

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