A Matter of Honour: The Story of England's Last Fatal Duel

by Martyn Beardsley

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The insults that drew men to duels were often petty - a splash, a scrape or a disparaging word could all lead to pistols at dawn. When Charles Hawkey watched James Seton make a play for his beautiful wife, there was only one way to respond. The two men were honour bound to meet in a duel, but only one of them could return. Theirs was the last fatal duel on England's soil, and newspapers clamoured to give news of the death and scandal. Was Isabella Hawkey as blameless as she seemed or did she draw the rich Seton into a fatal romance? Did Charles Hawkey ever doubt his wife's fidelity? Was honour served?
  • ISBN13 9780956847638
  • Publish Date 28 November 2011
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Bookline and Thinker Ltd
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 210
  • Language English