Polite Exchange of Bullets: The Duel and the English Gentleman, 1750-1850

by Stephen Banks

This book, the most comprehensive study of the English pistol duel yet undertaken, examines what it meant to be a man of honour in eighteenth and nineteenth century England. A thorough survey of the incidence and distribution of duelling, both socially and geographically, identifies those sub-groups of gentlemen most likely to duel. The author considers the mores and manners of such groups and asks why it was that within specific professions, minor...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843835711
• ISBN13: 9781843835714
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.3"