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The Last Duel : A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat by Eric Jager (2004, Hardcover)

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As the huge crowd seethed with pent-up excitement, the two deadly enemies studied each other intently, their breath hot behind their visors. Each sought the other's death as fire and water seek each other's annihilation. The walled field, at first a prison, now became a crucible where one man would be destroyed and the other purged in the name of justice. They would fight not only without quarter, but also without rules. And a horrible fate awaited the lady if her husband should lose . . . The gripping, atmospheric true story of the "duel to end all duels" in medieval France: a trial by combat pitting a knight against a squire accused of violating the knight's beautiful young wife In 1386, a few days after Christmas, a huge crowd gathers at a Paris monastery to watch the two men fight a duel to the death meant to "prove" which man's cause is right in God's sight. The dramatic true story of the knight, the squire, and the lady unfolds during the devastating Hundred Years War between France and England, as enemy troops pillage the land, madness haunts the French court, the Great Schism splits the Church, Muslim armies threaten Christendom, and rebellion, treachery, and plague turn the lives of all into toys of Fortune. At the heart of the tale is Jean de Carrouges, a Norman knight who returns from combat in Scotland to find his wife, Marguerite, accusing Jacques LeGris, her husband's old friend and fellow courtier, of brutally raping her. The knight takes his cause before the teenage King Charles VI, the highest judge in France. Amid LeGris's vociferous claims of innocence and doubts about the now pregnant Marguerite's charges (and about the paternity of her child), the deadlocked court decrees a "trial by combat" that leaves her fate, too, in the balance. For if her husband and champion loses the duel, she will be put to death as a false accuser. Carrouges and LeGris, in full armor, eventually meet on a walled field in Paris before a massive crowd that includes the king and many nobles of the realm. A fierce fight on horseback and then on foot ensues during which both combatants suffer wounds-but only one fatal. The violent and tragic episode was notorious in its own time because of the nature of the alleged crime, the legal impasse it provoked, and the resulting trial by combat, an ancient but increasingly suspect institution that was thereafter abolished. Based on extensive research in Normandy and Paris, The Last Duel brings to life a colorful, turbulent age and three unforgettable characters caught in a fatal triangle of crime, scandal, and revenge. It is at once a moving human drama, a captivating detective story, and an engrossing work of historical intrigue.

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Publisher
Broadway Books
ISBN-10
0767914163
ISBN-13
9780767914161
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30525027

Product Key Features

Book Title
Last Duel : a True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat
Author
Eric Jager
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Europe / Western, Europe / France, Martial Arts & Self-Defense, Social History, General
Publication Year
2004
Genre
True Crime, Sports & Recreation, History
Number of Pages
256 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.5in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
6.5in
Item Weight
17.8 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Kjv8690.A82j34 2004
Reviews
Advance Praise forThe Last Duel "This high-suspense, sanguinary tale ensnares readers. . . . The tension is nearly unendurable. . . . Sex, savagery, and high-level political maneuvers energize a splendid piece of popular history." -Kirkus Reviews "An enthralling story that reads like fiction but is based on reliable sources. A world of passion, cruelty, and mismanaged law." -Norman Cantor, author ofInventing the Middle AgesandIn the Wake of the Plague "If you read only one book about the Middle Ages, Eric Jager's thriller is the one to read." -Steven Ozment, author ofA Mighty FortressandThe Burgermeister's Daughter "Eric Jager uses the historical record to marvelous effect when recounting the riveting story of two men locked in mortal combat. . . . Two worlds duel in this fascinating portrait of an end of an age-the feudal aristocracy and the chivalric court-and who we deem the true victor is brilliantly left open to interpretation in Jager's engrossing tale." -Margaret F. Rosenthal, author ofThe Honest Courtesan "A spectacular panorama of the late Middle Ages. . . a historical thriller that leaves us with the impression of having known and lived in another world. It combines the vivid erudition of Barbara Tuchman'sDistant Mirrorwith the suspense and drama of Umberto Eco'sName of the Rose. Eric Jager has invented a genre that reminds us that human nature has not changed very much over the ages and that sometimes reality is bigger than life and more riveting than fiction." -R. Howard Bloch, Augustus R. Street Professor of French, Yale University
Copyright Date
2004
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2004-045747
Dewey Decimal
394/.8/09440902
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes

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