The Last Fight

The year is 1386. Jean de Carrouges and Jacques Le Gris are friends who become rivals because Marguerite, Carrouges' wife, claims that Jacques Le Gris raped her. The dispute is to be decided by a duel to the death, the last official duel between the two men to take place in France.

This book is not fiction. The author did not invent the names, characters, places or plot. The Last Fight describes a story that happened. It is based on original sources, narratives in chronicles, legal records and other documents. All the people, places, dates and other details ̶ what people said and did, their often contradictory testimony in court and even the description of the weather ̶ it is all real. What emerges is a compelling picture of love, pride and rivalry that reminds us that human nature has not changed much over time and that reality can be more compelling than fiction.