[Gutenberg 17403] • The Cornet of Horse: A Tale of Marlborough's Wars
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- Authors
- Henty, G.A.
- Publisher
- Robinson Books
- Tags
- historical fiction , john churchill , adventure , 1701-1714 -- juvenile fiction , 1650-1722 -- juvenile fiction , duke of , war of , spanish succession , marlborough
- ISBN
- 9781590871157
- Date
- 1881-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.24 MB
- Lang
- en
In the year 1702 fencing was far from having attained that perfection which it reached later. Masks had not yet been invented and in consequence play was necessarily stiff and slow as the danger of the loss of sight or even of death from a chance thrust was very great.' (Excerpt from Chapter 1)