In 1866 Spain, Don Jaime is an old-fashioned fencing master, unaware of the political conspiracies around him. A mysterious and beautiful woman enters his life, asking to be instructed in this old gentlemen's art. Once he accepts, he is thrown into an entangled plot of intrigue and death.
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About the Author:
Arturo Perez-Reverte (Cartagena, Spain, 1951) was a newspaper columnist and former television journalist for twenty-one years. Now he is fully dedicated to literature and is considered one of the top-10 international novelists. His books have been translated into twenty-three languages and published in thirty countries, selling over two million copies worldwide. Four of his books have been made into movies. Description in Spanish: Novela de aventuras pero tambien policiaca, de traiciones y maniobras politicas en el Madrid galdosiano de 1868, El maestro de esgrima es la historia de un mundo de tahures y mercachifles mantenido a distancia por un florete honorable. Pero es, sobre todo, una inquietante parabola sobre el poder del dinero, la ambicion politica y la extincion de los valores de honradez y fidelidad en los finales del siglo XX.
Language Notes:
Text: Spanish
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