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A review by impalalove
Fox Tossing: And Other Forgotten and Dangerous Sports, Pastimes, and Games by Edward Brooke-Hitching
2.0
(Content warning for acts in this book.)
This isn't a history book, to my disappointment. It's really only meant to be a general public/conversation starter as evident in the short stories and in the select bibliography. There were certainly a few interesting stories/sports in the book, and some I had already known about, such as the naumachiae, which were essentially Roman arena sea battles within the city; and walking-stick fighting (which would be the predecessor of single-stick fighting).
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animal crueltyThis isn't a history book, to my disappointment. It's really only meant to be a general public/conversation starter as evident in the short stories and in the select bibliography. There were certainly a few interesting stories/sports in the book, and some I had already known about, such as the naumachiae, which were essentially Roman arena sea battles within the city; and walking-stick fighting (which would be the predecessor of single-stick fighting).