The Fencing Master
Arturo Peréz-Reverte
  • Published: 2 June 2003
  • ISBN: 9780099448624
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $29.99

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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 irresistible sword thrust. Then Adela de Otero, violet-eyed and enigmatic, appears at his door. When Jaime takes her on as a pupil he finds himself embroiled in dark political intrigues against which his old-fashioned values are no protection.
  • Published: 2 June 2003
  • ISBN: 9780099448624
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $29.99
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About the author

Arturo Peréz-Reverte

Arturo Peréz-Reverte was born in Cartagena in 1951. Since the publication of The Fencing Master, his first novel, Pérez-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, starring Johnny Depp.

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Praise for The Fencing Master

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