Fencing Master - Hardcover

Perez-Reverte, Arturo

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1860464548 ISBN 13: 9781860464546

Verlag: The Harvill Press, 1999

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On the eve of Spain's September Revolution of 1868, while the regal Isabella consorts with her household cavalry and rumours and plots abound, Jaime Astarloa, master of the ancient art of fencing, conducts his life above such vulgarities. However, even Don Jaime finds his attention diverted by the arrival at his door of the mysterious, beautiful young Adela de Otero, who persuades him to take her on as a pupil. After one bout that leaves no question of her talent and skill, the master falls in love with his pupil. Erotic passion and political intrigue threaten to distract him from his quest for the perfect sword thrust, even as he becomes embroiled in a conspiracy that, a survivor of a more gallant age, he does not fully comprehend. But if Don Jaime proves naive, he is no less resolute. It takes time for him to understand, but when he does, and when all his illusions are shattered, will he have the strength left for a duel which can only be to the death?

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

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: The Harvill Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1860464548
• ISBN 13: 9781860464546
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224
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