El maestro de esgrima

By Arturo Pérez-Reverte

Subjects: Fencing coaches, Fiction, historical, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Historical fiction, Swordsmen, Novela española, Fiction, Social life and customs, Historia, History, Madrid (spain), fiction, Ficción

Description: 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.