<p>Italy, August 1300. On the banks of the river Arno, a war galley is found with the entire crew dead inside. Dante Alighieri, Prior to the City, suspects poison but the only clue is a mysterious mechanical device. Dante suspects that the damaged device is the work of al-Jazari, the legendary Persian inventor. But others are also after the instrument and will stop at nothing to lay their hands on it...When Dante returns to Florence to work on his magnum opus, the Divine Comedy, he discovers that the renegade monk, Brinando, is stirring up trouble and recruiting Florentines for a new crusade to liberate the Holy Land. Is this disturbing new development somehow linked to the deaths of the galley crew?</p>

Kingdom of Light

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Leoni

Mystery

Vintage Books USA

<p>Perhaps no other weapon represents Renaissance Italian fencing like the rapier. But do we know how it was used and how it was taught? This book takes you to the fencing School, or Salle of celebrated renaissance rapier Master Nicoletto Giganti of Venice, one among the period teachers leaving instructions on the use of this weapon. More uniquely, his 1606 text The School, or Salle is a veritable training curriculum, with its stepwise lessons and easy-to-follow explanations on the use of the rapier alone and rapier and dagger. This faithful translation of Giganti's The School, or Salle by internationally-known rapier teacher Tom Leoni includes the complete text, original illustrations, and an introduction on rapier fencing that will make Giganti's text easy to follow. If you are a martial artist, a fencer, or have an interest in European martial culture, this book belongs on your shelf.</p>

Venetian Rapier: Nicoletto Giganti's 1606 Rapier Fencing Curriculum

History

TOM.

Europe

Freelance Academy Press

Chiasmi International 14: Merleau-Ponty : Sciences, images, événements Merleau-Ponty : Sciences, images, events Merleau-Ponty : Scienze, immagini, eventi (English, French and Italian Edition)

Politics & Social Sciences

RODRIGO

Léonard

Carbone

Pierre

Federico

Lawlor

MAURO

Philosophy

Mimesis International

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