07-12-2009, 11:13 AM
Did you know that Wilkie is often credited with having written the first "Detective Novel" (The Moonstone). I read it many moonstones ago and remember it only as slow going due to the Victorian pacing and language.
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.