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| #2128347 in Books | 2009-09-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | .80 x5.50 x8.40l,.95 | File type: PDF | 318 pages||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| A 19th century handbook for the épée de combat|By Ishbish|This is a translation of the second edition of what the author claims to be the first book (in French, at least) devoted exclusively to the epee--that is, the preferred French dueling sword, not the sports weapon. The second edition appeared 14 years after the first and contains reflections on the dueling s|About the Author|Brian House is a professional fencing instructor from Wheat Ridge, Colorado. His area of special interest is in the historical origins of the combative arts.
Originally published in 1884, Claude La Marche's L'Épeé was the first book ever written on the use of the épeé, the dueling sword of the 19th century. The book in no way deals with the modern Olympic sport of épeé fencing—rather, it covers in a passionate narrative style the rituals and techniques of combat dueling with the sword, "the war of surprises" that is the épeé bout.
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