El maestro de esgrima

Arturo Pérez-Reverte

About this book

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
  • ficción
  • fiction
  • fiction, historical
  • fiction, historical, general
  • fiction, mystery & detective, general
  • historia
  • historical fiction
  • history
  • madrid (spain), fiction
  • novela española
  • social life and customs
  • swordsmen