A polite exchange of bullets : the duel and the English gentleman, 1750-1850 / Stephen Banks.

Setting the scene : the arrival of the duel and a brief history to 1750
Fashion and physicality
Politeness, interest and transgression : social interaction and the causes of duelling
Controversies and calculations : the incidence and distribution of duelling
Guts and governance : honour culture and colonial administration
Dangerous friends : conciliation, counsel and the conduct of English duelling
The contest in the courtroom : duelling and the criminal justice system
The years of decline, the European middle and the domestic duellist
The reformation of space, place and mind
Dishonourable duellists and the rationalisation of punishment and warfare.