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Hounds in the morning : sundry sports of merry England : selections from the Sporting magazine, 1792-1836 /
Across the rolling countryside of Regency England sound the call of the horn and the chorus of hounds, as huntsmen, hounds, and horses tear across fields and leap fencerows in ardent pursuit of Reynard. In a field outside London, two brawny men strip to the waist and prepare to batter each other to...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington :
University Press of Kentucky,
[1981]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Across the rolling countryside of Regency England sound the call of the horn and the chorus of hounds, as huntsmen, hounds, and horses tear across fields and leap fencerows in ardent pursuit of Reynard. In a field outside London, two brawny men strip to the waist and prepare to batter each other to a pulp for the pleasure of the Fancy - the hundreds of boxing fans who have ridden from all over England to see and bet on the illegal match. And through the streets of a country town, the lads rough-and-tumble in a wildly joyous game of football, while the populace cheers. This book presents a portrait of the sporting scene in nineteenth-century England. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780813162539 081316253X |