Duel : a true story of death and honour
Landale, James2005
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In 1826, a merchant called David Landale shot dead his bank manager - it remains Scotland's last recorded fatal duel. This book reconstructs the duel and the circumstances surrounding it, giving fresh insight into why two rational, educated human beings chose to resolve a dispute in such a manner.
Main title:
Duel : a true story of death and honour / James Landale.
Author:
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Canongate, 2005.
Collation:
xiii, 304 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.Bibliography: p. 286-290.
ISBN:
18419564739781841956473
Dewey class:
394.8'09411394.809411394.8394.809394.8094
Local class:
B/LANST
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
98489
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