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Profoundly embedded in our cultural consciousness, the art of duelling evokes images of a dramatic past, where the laws of courtesy, civility, and honor were enforced by the end of a rapier at the first rays of dawn. In this engrossing historical record of the codes and conduct of the duel--originally written in 1829 as "The Only Approved Guide Through All the Stages of aQuarrel"every aspect of the arcane practice is brought to fascinating light.