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The Dramatic True Story Of The Knight, The Squire, And The Lady Unfolds During The Devastating Hundred Years' War Between France And England, As Enemy Troops Pillage The Land, Madness Haunts The French Court, The Great Schism Splits The Church, Muslim Armies Threaten Christendom, And Rebellion, Treachery, And Plague Turn The Lives Of All Into Toys Of Fortune. Bringing To Life A Colorful, Turbulent Age And Three Unforgettable Characters Caught In A Fatal Triangle Of Crime, Scandal, And Revenge, \u003ci\u003ethe Last Duel \u003c\/i\u003eis At Once A Moving Human Drama, A Captivating Detective Story, And An Engrossing Work Of Historical Intrigue.\u003c\/p\u003e publishers Weekly \u003cp\u003ein 1386, Jean De Carrouges Accused His Former Friend, Jacques Legris, Of Raping His Wife, And The Young King Of France Allowed Their Dispute To Be Resolved In What Was To Be The Last Legally Ordered Judicial Combat In Paris. Jager Deftly Blends This Story With The Background Necessary To Understand It: The Ideas Behind Trial By Combat, The Realities Of 14th-century Marriage, The Complexity Of The Regional And Central Powers In France, And The Personal Rivalries At Court. Jager Describes A Harsh And Violent Era, When Public Executions Were A Form Of Entertainment And Both Commoners And Elites Eagerly Anticipated The Increasingly Rare Duel To The Death. But It Was Also A Time Of Lawyers, Chroniclers And Ceremony. Jager Doesn't Condescend To The People Of Medieval France But Explains The Complicated Logic By Which They Could Believe That A Duel Would Prove Guilt Or Innocence, Pregnancy Could Be Considered Proof That Sex Had Been Consensual, And A Lady Could Be Convicted And Executed As A False Accuser If Her Champion Lost. A Brief History Of The Duel Demonstrates Its Origins In Age-old Military Tradition Rather Than Divine Providence. Jager Acknowledges Where The Definitive Facts Of His Story Are Unknown While Presenting A Riveting Account That Will Satisfy General Readers And Historians Alike. Agent, Glen Hartley For Writers Representatives. (sept.) 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