245 pages
English language
Published Dec. 27, 1999 by Harcourt Brace & Co..
The fencing master
Arturo Pérez-Reverte: The fencing master (1999, Harcourt Brace & Co.)
- ISBN:
- 978-0-15-100181-1
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A murder mystery in 1886 Madrid featuring an old fencing master who still teaches in the age of the pistol. He is famous for his unstoppable thrust and one day a beautiful woman arrives asking he teach it to her. The novel traces their relationship. By the author of The Flanders Panel.
Subjects
- Fencing coaches -- Spain -- Madrid -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Madrid (Spain) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction