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Paul Burridge
- Jan 1, 1970
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"The Last Duel" by Eric Jager.
I hope for your sake Bill Sloman doesn't see this post of yours, John.
He *hates* books. Prepare for a tongue-lashing.
"The Last Duel" by Eric Jager.
"The Last Duel" by Eric Jager.
[snip]
Really, I found the final fight scene more gripping than any crap
Hollywood "action" movie.
John
"The Last Duel" by Eric Jager.
... A fierce fight on horseback and then on foot ensues
during which both combatants suffer wounds;but only one fatal.
John Larkin wrote...
OK, John, you know we're not going to read the book, especially
after your fine synopsis (did you write that?),
so tell us ... who won?
They never do. Oddly enough our brains can muster up a *way* better sceneJim Thompson said:"The Last Duel" by Eric Jager.
[snip]
Really, I found the final fight scene more gripping than any crap
Hollywood "action" movie.
John
Movie makers seem to have a way of screwing things up.
In the BOOK, "The Godfather", the part where Michael kills the police
captain and Sollozzo had my heart pounding.
The movie scene just didn't quite muster up.
...Jim Thompson
--
after your fine synopsis (did you write that?),
Nope, pasted from a bookseller's site; that's why it was in quotes.
so tell us ... who won?
OK,Doesn't matter; they're all dead now.
OK,
Since John's being a weenie, I'll do it:
"
t was decided that the coming combat would be located next to the walls
of St. Martin-des-Champs. It was held in the presence of the king and
the princes according to custom, and a huge crowd of common people
assembled. Both men entered the lists ready for the uncertain trial
of combat. And when the marshal gave the signal for the attack, they
drove their horses forward, let their lances of war drop, and
proceeding at a gentle pace, they dashed against each other
courageously and with spirit. In this first rush the other man
pierced Lord Jean's thigh with his lance; and this blow would have
done him much good if he had held the lance in that wound. But when
he immediately drew it out, it was covered in blood, and the sight,
rather than stunning the wounded man, made him bolder. Meanwhile,
great horror paralyzed the spectators for a long time, and no one spoke
or breathed, held as they were between hope and fear, until Jean
gathered his strength, and advancing, shouted "This day will decide
our quarrel." With his left hand he seized the top of his
opponent's helmet, and drew Jacques toward him and then pulling back
a little, threw Jacques to the ground where he lay weighed down by his
armor. Jean then drew his sword and killed his enemy, though with
great difficulty, because he was fully armored.
Although the victor many times asked the defeated man while he was
lying there to confess to the truth, the vanquished completely denied
the event; but after all he was condemned, according to the custom of
the duel, to be hanged from a gibbet. Thus the mother of errors, the
stepmother of good counsel, rash cruelty occasioned this unjust duel.
Afterwards everyone found out who had committed the foul rape, when
someone else confessed while being condemned to death. The aforesaid
lady took note of this, and thinking over the fault in her mind, after
the death of her husband became a recluse and took an oath of perpetual
continence.
"
Bob Stephens
OK,
Since John's being a weenie, I'll do it:
"
t was decided that the coming combat would be located next to the walls
of St. Martin-des-Champs. It was held in the presence of the king and
the princes according to custom, and a huge crowd of common people
assembled. Both men entered the lists ready for the uncertain trial
of combat. And when the marshal gave the signal for the attack, they
drove their horses forward, let their lances of war drop, and
proceeding at a gentle pace, they dashed against each other
courageously and with spirit. In this first rush the other man
pierced Lord Jean's thigh with his lance; and this blow would have
done him much good if he had held the lance in that wound. But when
he immediately drew it out, it was covered in blood, and the sight,
rather than stunning the wounded man, made him bolder. Meanwhile,
great horror paralyzed the spectators for a long time, and no one spoke
or breathed, held as they were between hope and fear, until Jean
gathered his strength, and advancing, shouted "This day will decide
our quarrel." With his left hand he seized the top of his
opponent's helmet, and drew Jacques toward him and then pulling back
a little, threw Jacques to the ground where he lay weighed down by his
armor. Jean then drew his sword and killed his enemy, though with
great difficulty, because he was fully armored.
Although the victor many times asked the defeated man while he was
lying there to confess to the truth, the vanquished completely denied
the event; but after all he was condemned, according to the custom of
the duel, to be hanged from a gibbet. Thus the mother of errors, the
stepmother of good counsel, rash cruelty occasioned this unjust duel.
Afterwards everyone found out who had committed the foul rape, when
someone else confessed while being condemned to death. The aforesaid
lady took note of this, and thinking over the fault in her mind, after
the death of her husband became a recluse and took an oath of perpetual
continence.
"
Bob Stephens
Paul said:I hope for your sake Bill Sloman doesn't see this post of yours, John.
He *hates* books. Prepare for a tongue-lashing.
"The Last Duel" isn't published by Artech Press, who have been sending
me unsolicited flyers for years - but by Broadway, who have never
pestered me.
I have though about making a collection of Paul Burridge's errors of
fact and doctrine, but we really haven't got the shelf space - they
certainly aren't rare enough to count as collector's items, and in
fact have more in common with the worn-through right plimsol you now
find on the beach of the remotest Pacific island.
Jim said:...perpetual "continence" ?
Wow!
"The Last Duel" isn't published by Artech Press, who have been sending
me unsolicited flyers for years - but by Broadway, who have never
pestered me.
So I've got no initial prejudice against this particular book - and in
fact, it sounds quite interesting, though not interesting enough to
actually buy from Amazon.
Paul said:So you've no objection to John posting a synopsis of a 14th Century
story set in France here,
but you take great exception to my pointer
to a reference book on electronics.
The former is germane, the later isn't. What a strange world you inhabit. :-|
Barry said:Why do you have a bug up your ass about Artech? While I only have one
of their books: "CAD of Microstrip Antennas for Wireless Apps" I do
find it quite useful.
Funny you should mention that, My dog found a LH one on the beach a
few weeks back (East Coast, South Island, New Zealand) I guess I'll
have to send him further afield to find the missing RH one.