On the morning of November 15, 1712, the fourth Baron Mohun and the fourth Duke of Hamilton met in Hyde Park. In a flurry of brutal swordplay both fell mortally wounded. Mohun and Hamilton had argued over money and stood at opposite ends of a bitterly divided political spectrum (Whig versus Tory, Englishman versus Scot). Victor Stater uses their famous duel to create a stunning narrative of life and death in a time when incivility and moral turpitude reigned beneath a thin veneer of aristocratic manners.
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On the morning of November 15, 1712, the fourth Baron Mohun and the fourth Duke of Hamilton met in Hyde Park. In a flurry of brutal swordplay both fell mortally wounded. Mohun and Hamilton had argued over money and stood at opposite ends of a bitterly divided political spectrum (Whig versus Tory, Englishman versus Scot). Victor Stater uses their famous duel to create a stunning narrative of life and death in a time when incivility and moral turpitude reigned beneath a thin veneer of aristocratic manners.
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New York, Hill and Wang, 1999, hardcover, xix-332 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing, Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slight edge nicks, in new Brodart sleeve. Using the famous Mohun-Hamilton duel of 1712 as his focal point, Stater recreates the desperate aristocracy of the age, living a life of luxury and ostentation, where incivility and moral anarchy reigned under only a thin veneer of aristocratic manners. Illustrated on 22 pages from drawings, paintings and contemporary photographs. Appended; List of English Monarchs 1485-1714 and Family Trees, Conclusion, Notes, Bibliography, Sources of Illustration and Index. ISBN 9780809040339
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Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 0809040336. Book is as new. No ownership or other marks. DJ not price clipped, short tear rear panel at bottom edge. There is a tan stain on the front of the jacket. Not book club edition. Not a remainder.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 332 pages.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Stater re-creates the desperate aristocratic world pf late-seventeenth and early-eighteenth century Britain...in which incivility and moral turpitude held sway beneath a thin veneer of aristocratic manners." In near fine, clean and bright internal order. Small ink mark to front pastedown. Smart grey paper-covered boards with blue cloth to spine, very lightly faded at base. VG unclipped d/j. Brown 'stains' are part of the jacket design (I've seen enough books where they are real! ). 8vo. ixx, 322pp.
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