07-03-2008, 01:26 AM
Dump Jordan altogether and pick up Ambercrombie or Mieville. Both could be in the "lit-rich-chure" section, they are that good. Especially since you seem to appreciate shades-of-gray, morally ambiguous, dark tales peopled with anti-heros.
In the Tudor Period, Fencing Masters were classified in the Vagrancy Laws along with Actors, Gypsys, Vagabonds, Sturdy Rogues, and the owners of performing bears.