The Fencing Master
$19.04
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
2 June 2003
Summary
A brilliantly compelling historical mystery, set in nineteenth-century Spain.
Fencing is not a game but a science. The outcome is invariably the same - triumph or disaster, life or death…
It is 1868; Spain teeters on the brink of revolution. Jaime Astarloa is a master-fencer of the old school, priding himself on the precision, dignity and honour of his ancient art; his friends spend their days in cafes discussing plots at court, but Jaime’s obsession is to perfect the irresist…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099448624 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0099448629 |
| Author: | Margaret Jull Costa, Arturo Peréz-Reverte |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 2 June 2003 |
| Weight: | 161g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 129mm x 13mm |
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You will want to reach the book’s nearly perfect ending in a single sitting
“You will want to reach the book’s nearly perfect ending in a single sitting” Time Out “The author is in the best sense a romantic and to read him is to rediscover the delights of Dumas and Conan Doyle” – Amanda Craig The Times “As assured and elegant as Don Jaime’s sword thrusts” – Stephanie Merritt Observer “A delight… the thriller as it out to be” – Allan Massie Scotsman
About The Author
Margaret Jull Costa
Arturo Perez-Reverte was born in Cartagena in 1951. Since the publication of The Fencing Master, his first novel, Perez-Reverte has become one of Europe’s bestselling authors. The Flanders Panel was awarded the Grand Prix Annuel de Litterature Policiere in France. His novel, The Dumas Club, has been made into the film The Ninth Gate by Roman Polanski and starring Johnny Depp.
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