The Fencing Master
244 pages
|Published: 1 Jan 1988
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ISBN: 9780156029834
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Mariner Books
Publication date: 7 June 2004
Description
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. All too soon he finds himself in the vortex of a plot that includes seduction, secret political documents, and more than one murder. Rich with historical detail of a decaying world that agonizes - as does the art of fencing itself - over the ideals of honor and chivalry, The Fencing Master is superb literature and a true page-turner.