Highland Swordmanship. Techniques of the Scottish Swordmasters

Rector, Mark

ISBN 10: 1891448153 / ISBN 13: 9781891448157

Verlag: Chivalry Bookshelf, 2001

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1891448153-VB

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The Scottish Highlander has been romanticized in poetry, song and legend; immortalized in the figures of Bonnie Prince Charlie and Rob Roy. His reputation as a fierce fighter and deadly swordsman was much more than a myth - a proud tradition of Scottish fencing masters taught the use of the backsword, smallsword, target and dirk from the 17th through the 19th centuries. These masters were as colorful and diverse as the Scottish people themselves, from the upper-class Anglicized, Sir William Hope, to the bawdy, soldier-turned-fencing master Donald McBane, who ran a fencing salon out of his wife's brothel. In this omnibus edition, Mark Rector presents two classic manuals of Scottish swordsmanship from the days of Culloden.

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Titel: Highland Swordmanship. Techniques of the ...
Verlag: Chivalry Bookshelf
Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
Einband: paperback
Zustand: As New