Bibliograph

The last duel, a true story of crime, scandal, and trial by combat, Eric Jager

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The last duel, a true story of crime, scandal, and trial by combat, Eric Jager

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

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illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The last duel

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Eric Jager

Sub title

a true story of crime, scandal, and trial by combat

Summary

In 1386, a few days after Christmas, a massive crowd gathered at a Paris monastery to watch two men fight a duel to the death. A trial by combat to prove which man's cause was right in God's sight. The dramatic story of the knight, the squire and the lady unfolds during the tumultuous fourteenth century. A time of war, plague and anarchy, as well as of honour, chivalry, and courtly love. The notorious quarrel appears in many histories of France, but no writer has recounted it in full, until now

Target audience

adult

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