title: The Last Duel: A True Story of Death and Honour
author:  James Landale 
description: Armed with a wealth of primary sources, BBC correspondent Landale serves up an interesting history of the last recorded fatal duel in Scotland between his ancestor David Landale, a prosperous linen merchant, and Landale's one-time banker, George Morgan, on August 23, 1826. In a small town on Scotland's southeastern coast suffering an economic crisis following the Napoleonic wars, Morgan was a social-climbing, violent ex-soldier who refused Landale credit, and when his client took his business elsewhere, Morgan spread devastating rumors about him. Landale complained to Morgan's bosses at the Bank of Scotland, which led to the measured businessman challenging Morgan to a duel after being struck by the bullying banker with an umbrella on the street. Morgan was killed, and Landale was eventually acquitted at trial. His reputation and business were duly restored, and his daughter married Morgan's nephew. As the author perceptively traces the history of dueling from its origins in the Middle Ages, he entertains with a host of anecdotes and colorful characters, from a couple of eccentrics who dueled over a dancer while floating over Paris in separate balloons, to a pair of ladies in a "petticoat duel" fighting over the rights to a duke's bed. <i>(Oct.)</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  Sir Tristan is Just Awful
  
  
  Arthur Dies at the End, volume 3
  
  
  by Jeffrey Wikstrom
  
  
    
  
  
  **Table of Contents**
  
  
  Introduction
  
  
  BOOK VIII: TRAMTRIST? SERIOUSLY?
  
  
  In which Tristram is born and slays his first damosel
  
  
  In which Young Tristram survives two murder attempts
  
  
  In which Sir Tristram has his first strange adventure
  
  
  In which Sir Tristram wins his first tournament
  
  
  In which Sir Tristram commences his lifelong love affair with Isoud by
  sleeping with a totally different married lady
  
  
  In which Sir Tristram fights a duel in Camelot en route to Ireland
  
  
  In which Sir Tristram marries Isoud to King Mark, also he pokes her with his
  sword a few times for good measure
  
  
  In which Tristram and Isoud have an affair, shocking right?
  
  
  In which Tristram gets into an awfully contrived situation
  
  
  In which Tristram marries Isoud the White
  
  
  In which Tristram fights a murderer and manages to lose the moral high ground
  
  
  In which Sir Lamorak goes on a little side quest
  
  
  