The Chevalier Who Wouldn't Lie Down
Best swordsman in Europe. Best violinist too. Conducted a Paris orchestra, got Haydn commissioned, could shoot buttons off coats. Then in 1790, while dying of meningitis, he entered a fencing tournament and beat nearly every opponent. Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges.
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