by Arturo Pérez-Reverte · Harvill Press · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781860464553
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«The Fencing Master» is the historical novel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte, published by Harvill Press in paperback (224 pages, in English).
In 1868 Madrid, on the eve of the September Revolution, fencing master Jaime Astarloa stays aloof from politics and intrigue. The arrival of the mysterious Adela de Otero, who wishes to take lessons, disrupts his routine and draws him into a conspiracy where his skill with the sword and his honor will be put to the test.
English translation by Margaret Jull Costa. Work originally published in Spanish as «El maestro de esgrima» in 1988.
For readers of historical fiction with political intrigue and a nineteenth-century setting.
Periodista, ex reportero de guerra y novelista español, autor de la saga del capitán Alatriste y de novelas como La tabla de Flandes y El club Dumas.
