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Duelling, the Code of Honor : or, Rules for the Government of Principals and Seconds in Duelling by John Lyde Wilson; OverDrive, Inc is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Originally this was published by the author (1784-1849), a former governor of South Carolina, as a 22-page booklet, in 1838. Before his death he added an appendix of the 1777 Irish duelling code, but this second edition was not printed until 1858, as a 46-page small book, still sized to fit in the case with one's duelling pistols. This code is far less blood-thirsty than many might suppose, but built on a closed social caste and standards of behavior quite alien to today.

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Author

John Lyde Wilson; OverDrive, Inc

Publisher

Duke Classics

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781620114209

Category

nonfiction

Updated

2026-03-25