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By The Sword (Wilson Novel)
By the Sword may refer to: * ''By the Sword'' (novel), fantasy by Mercedes Lackey in 1991 * ''By the Sword'' (film), directed by Jeremy Paul Kagan in 1991 * ''By the Sword'' (manga), a series by Sanami Matoh in 2000 * ''By the Sword'' (EP) (and song) by Emilie Autumn in 2001 * ''By the Sword'', a book by Richard Cohen on the history of sword fighting in 2002 * "By the Sword" (song), a 2010 single by Slash * '' By the Sword!'', a 1982 board game purported to be derived from a Nordic poem {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
By The Sword (novel)
''By the Sword'' is the name of a 1991 fantasy novel by Mercedes Lackey. This is a stand-alone novel which connects the ''Vows & Honor'' series to the Valdemar Saga; it introduces the character Kerowyn and fills in what had been some gaps in the series. Plot synopsis The teenage daughter of a minor nobleman, Kerowyn has been in charge of managing her father's household since her mother's death, but hates the life of a noblewoman. She is more than ready to hand the responsibilities of the household over to her younger brother's new wife; however, the keep is attacked during the wedding feast and the bride, Dierna, is kidnapped. With her father dead and her brother badly wounded, Kerowyn goes to her grandmother, the sorceress Kethryveris, for help. Kethry presents Kerowyn with her magical sword Need, and Kerowyn rides after the bandits herself, successfully rescuing Dierna in an event later immortalized in a song called "Kerowyn's Ride". Following the rescue, Kerowyn finds tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
By The Sword (film)
''By the Sword'' is a 1991 sports action film starring F. Murray Abraham and Eric Roberts as world-class fencers. Directed by Jeremy Paul Kagan, this is the first feature film about fencing. Although some reviews of its 1993 U.S. theatrical release noted favorably the lead acting and action sequences, the screenplay was considered "terrible". Plot Alexander Villard is a former fencing champion who runs a highly competitive fencing school. One of his students describes him as "a freak who thinks he's living in the fourteenth century". Max Suba is an ex-convict who introduces himself as a fencing instructor. Villard initially gives him a job as a janitor. With time, Suba recovers his lost form and shows that he can fence. Villard has Suba spar with an ambitious student to demonstrate a point. Villard is "arrogant but not unkind", and eventually gives Suba a chance to teach, assigning him the beginning students. While Villard takes a ruthless approach, encouraging a student to in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
By The Sword (manga)
''By the Sword'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series created by Sanami Matoh, who is also the creator of ''Fake''. Plot Asagi was born with a mysterious power that gives him the ability to slay demons, by channeling it through a sword. As this generally breaks every sword he uses, Asagi begins searching for a legendary sword known as the "Moegi". Along the way he meet a young girl named Kaede and the spirit of her father Kurenai, who join him on their journey. After he obtains Moegi, the group switches its focus to searching for Kurenai's body, which Asagi can rejoin him to using Moegi. They are also joined by Suoh, a famous spear wielder, his companion Rinrin, a woman of wolf origins named Aoi. Manga The ''By the Sword'' first ''tankÅbon'' (bound volume) was originally published by Akita Shoten on August 24, 2000. Later, it was republished by Biblos that released the first volume along the second volume on October 10, 2003. The third and final volume was published ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
By The Sword (EP)
"By the Sword" is a charity single released by Emilie Autumn in response to the events of September 11, 2001. All proceeds from the sales for the release were donated to AmeriCares and the American Red Cross. The single was released on Autumn's own label, Traitor, which no longer exists. All songs can be found on other releases: "By the Sword" and "I Know It's Over" are featured on '' A Bit o' This & That'', "Castle Down" is found on '' Enchant'', and "Willow" is on ''Laced/Unlaced.'' Concept and recording Autumn described the concept for the title track as everyday heroes who fight for what is right joining together, explaining, "When I talk about the Round Table and such, I'm speaking metaphorically of course. It's like, after 9/11, you might have gone into a shelter where an old woman was helping to feed parentless children, and for one moment, you might have looked at her and seen her in a breastplate with a sword hanging by her side. The sword is symbolic. It doesn't mea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Cohen (fencer)
Richard A Cohen (born 9 May 1947) is a retired British fencer who competed at three Olympic Games and the author of four books, ''Making History, The Storytellers Who Shaped the Past,'' ''Chasing the Sun'', the story of man's relationship to that star, ''How to Write Like Tolstoy, A Journey into the Minds of Our Greatest Writers,'' and ''By the Sword'', a history of sword fighting. He is the founder of the book publisher Richard Cohen Books. Fencing career Cohen was born in Birmingham, England, to a Jewish father and an Irish Catholic mother. He learned to fence while at Downside School, near Bath. He was a five times British fencing champion, winning the sabre title at the British Fencing Championships in 1974, 1980, 1982, 1986 and 1987. He was selected for the British team in four Olympics from 1972 to 1984, although he did not compete at the Moscow Olympics because of a sporting boycott. He was Commonwealth sabre champion in 1982 and won the prestigious Paris Open in 1981. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
By The Sword (Slash Song)
"By the Sword" is the first official single from the album ''Slash'' by former Velvet Revolver and current Guns N' Roses lead guitarist Slash. It features Andrew Stockdale of Wolfmother on vocals and was released as a digital single on March 16, 2010. It was released in the UK on March 28, 2010. The cover was drawn by Ralph Steadman. The song was premiered on February 26, 2010, on spinner.com. The song was debuted live for the first time on November 22, 2009, at the Slash & friends performance, where Slash was joined by Andrew Stockdale to play the song live, along with Dave Navarro, Chris Chaney and Travis Barker. In April 2010, both Slash and Andrew Stockdale performed the song live on ''The Tonight Show'', ''Lopez Tonight'', and ''The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson''. It was also performed by Wolfmother with Slash as a special guest in Los Angeles on November 24, 2009 and without Slash in Italy on June 7, 2011 Charts Personnel * Slash - guitars * Andrew Stockdale - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |