Novel which is usually included among his historical works, but rather is a vivid and fascinating picture of Victorian-era England, with special attention to boxing, which he describes in the beginning with very remarkable penetration. A clean and unlimited rounds fist, so was this rough sport at the time, in which a match could last for hours. In many counties of England, boxing was forbidden: both public as authorities and representatives, and even the same fighters they were persecuted by law; but nothing could stop the proliferation of nomadic rings in any acceptable field anywhere in the city.
All these stories have a decidedly large nineteenth century style, along the lines of the great Victorian novel set of Dickens; actors offer us unforgettable historical portraits of the most unusual figures of the nineteenth century: Lord Nelson, John Lade, Lord Cochrane, the dandy B...read more
