By the Sword : A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions; 10th anniversary edition (Paperback)

from jmcclain19

The advertised storyline showcasing this book as the world history of sword fighting, is in reality, a detailed history of fencing thru. Not exactly what I expected and is the book is off the charts technical with fencing terms. As a non-fencing insider, it glazed my eyes over in just a few short...

from ralphz

Excellent subject but not as well done as I was hoping. "By The Sword" promises more than it delivers. As another reviewer notes, the subtitle calls it "A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions," but it felt like the main part of the book was about fencin...

from xenchu

To my recollection, there was no mention of gladiators in the book. Other than that it was a very good book on the creating and history of the sport of fencing. The history of dueling was fairly well cover and interesting but not the focus of the book. The book was full of interesting information...

from cdagulleiro

Un libro extremadamente entretenido, que no necesita de conocimientos de esgrima superiores a los que podría necesitar "el maestro de esgrima", por ejemplo. Anécdotas de la Historia muy interesantes y, en general, es un libro para tener y releer de vez en cuando.