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The Fencing Master is a 1988 novel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte set in Spain at the middle of the 19th century. Amid the political turmoil of the Glorious Revolution where conspiracy and intrigue are commonplace, fencing master Don Jaime Astarloa tries to live as he always has.
- Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Margaret Jull Costa
- 1988
Jan 1, 2001 · The Fencing Master. Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Margaret Jull Costa (Translator) 3.79. 11,045 ratings560 reviews. In Madrid in 1868, fencing master and man of honor Don Jaime is approached by a mysterious woman who seeks to learn the unstoppable thrust, an arcane technique known only to him.
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Aug 27, 2014 · 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.
Jun 7, 2004 · Set against the backdrop of a revolution in Spain in 1868, the character of the title, Don Jaime, is an almost 60-year old fencing master who makes his living teaching fencing in an age when pistols have made the blade obsolete.
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- 1988
- Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Margaret Jull Costa
- Arturo Perez-Reverte
Jan 1, 2000 · In Madrid, in 1868, Don Jaime, fencing master and anachronistic man of honor, is working on his Treatise on the Art of Fencing. One day he is approached by a mysterious woman who seeks to learn the secret of "the unstoppable thrust," a supreme moment at the very heart of the art of fencing.
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- Arturo Pérez-Reverte
In Madrid, in 1868, Don Jaime, fencing master and anachronistic man of honor, is working on his Treatise on the Art of Fencing. One day he is approached by a...
The Fencing Master. Arturo Pérez-Reverte. HMH, Jun 7, 2004 - Fiction - 256 pages. “A taut, elegant mystery” set against the historical backdrop of nineteenth-century Madrid (St. Louis...
