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The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat in Medieval France
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Author
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Eric Jager.
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Arrow
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paperback
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7.75
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ISBN
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9780099457237
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Pages/Publication Date
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242/2006
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Daedalus Item Code
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22166
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List Price: Import
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$4.98
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Description
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Shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Nonfiction, Eric Jager's 2005 investigation recounts the last duel decreed by order of the Parlement of Paris. In 1386, a few days after Christmas, a massive crowd gathered at a Parisian monastery to witness what would become the nation's final trial by combat—a judgment by duel intended to let God determine which of two men was telling the truth. Jager brings to life the tragic drama and period details of a scandalous incident surrounding Jean de Carrouges, a Norman knight who returned from the Hundred Years War to find his wife Marguerite accusing an old friend and fellow courtier of brutally raping her.
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