Duelling : The code of honor: or, rules for the government of principals and seconds in duelling / John Lyde Wilson.

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Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, John Lyde, author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cleveland : Duke Classics, 2012.

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Summary:

Originally this was published by the author (1784-1849), a former governor of South Carolina, as a 22-page booklet, in 1838. Before his death he added an appendix of the 1777 Irish duelling code, but this second edition was not printed until 1858, as a 46-page small book, still sized to fit in the case with one's duelling pistols. This code is far less blood-thirsty than many might suppose, but built on a closed social caste and standards of behavior quite alien to today.

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ISBN:

9781620114209

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