10-30-2005, 05:48 PM
yup, it was good, unlike the new Zorro book by Allende. I like Allende well enough (her first couple, anyway) but it does point out the unbreachable divide between the sexes: Who can write a sword fight and who can't. With few exceptions, chicks can't. There. I said it. Gauntlet thrown.
In the Tudor Period, Fencing Masters were classified in the Vagrancy Laws along with Actors, Gypsys, Vagabonds, Sturdy Rogues, and the owners of performing bears.