{"product_id":"pistols-at-dawn-a-history-of-duelling-richard-hopton-9780749929961","title":"Pistols at Dawn: A History of Duelling. Richard Hopton","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePistols at Dawn: A History of Duelling. Richard Hopton\u003c\/strong\u003e by Richard Hopton. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780749929961.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter the gross and unjustifiable insults you have offered me both as a soldier and a gentleman, I conclude you must be prepared to give me that satisfaction I am entitled to. I am therefore to request that you will name a place and hour of meeting. So runs a typical challenge to a duel from the early 19th century; formal, polite - and potentially fatal. Duelling is deeply imbedded in our collective consciousness, through numerous films and novels; it evokes a golden past, of gentlemen defending their honour (or that of their wives) in the early morning light of a wooded glade; of frockcoats, rapiers and pistols. From the duels roots in medieval chivalric tournaments, to the unforgiving code of honour in which death was preferable to shame, this fascinating history recounts - with the aid of numerous vivid eye-witness accounts - all the drama and sheer terror of the duel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44989844848693,"sku":"ByrdShop_0749929960","price":96.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780749929961_c5c21b46-b347-4f31-bd86-f01783f924ed.jpg?v=1778915945","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/pistols-at-dawn-a-history-of-duelling-richard-hopton-9780749929961","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}