Bibliograph

The fencing master, Arturo Pérez-Reverte ; translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa

Type

Label

The fencing master, Arturo Pérez-Reverte ; translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The fencing master

Oclc number

45821834

Responsibility statement

Arturo Pérez-Reverte ; translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa

Series statement

A Harvest book

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

I. The Fencing Bout -- II. Compound Attack with Two Feints -- III. Uncertain 'Time' on a False Attack -- IV. The Short Lunge -- V. Glissade -- VI. An Attack on the Blade -- VII. The Appel -- VIII. With Bare Blades

Target audience

adult

Classification