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More copies of this ISBN:The Fencing Masterby A Perez Reverte
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:The unstoppable thrust is the arcane fencing technique known only by Don Jaime—and the deadly maneuver that a beautiful young woman wants him to teach her.What begins as a rather bold request leads Don Jaime into the shadowy politics and violence of mid-nineteenth-century Madrid. Review:"Pérez-Reverte is a master of lushly atmospheric suspense, and his prose is as spellbinding in the fencing gallery as it is in the arcane realm of honor and loyalty that shapes Don Jaime's world." Publishers Weekly Review:"Not quite equal to Pérez-Reverte's very best, though it succeeds admirably both as a vivid picture of an unfamiliar culture and as high, sophisticated entertainment." Kirkus Reviews Review:"Pérez-Reverte is a writer who knows how to keep readers turning the pages.... All in all, The Fencing Master is a splendid performance." New York Times Book Review Review:"Pérez-Reverte likes his heroes strong, his plots complex, even almost literary, and his women a little dangerous....[He] leads us through this intellectual thriller with the rhythm of a fencing match: thrust, parry, feint; thrust, parry feint." Miami Herald Review:"[A] fine tale of political intrigue with a lot of fencing lore deftly mixed in. Figuring out the political mess behind the killer's motivations might take a reread, but this will delight anyone who enjoys swashbucklers." Library Journal Review:"The master of the intellectual thriller is not an American or British writer, but Spaniard Arturo Pérez-Reverte, one of the most creative and devilishly complex authors of the '90s." San Francisco Examiner Synopsis:Arturo Pérez-Reverte, internationally acclaimed author of The Flanders Panel, The Club Dumas, and The Seville Communion, returns with a literary page-turner set during the political turmoil of late-19th-century Spain.
While friends and countrymen argue monarchical imperatives and plot bloody revolution, the courtly and chivalrous Don Jaime Astarloa remains blissfully disinterested in worldly affairs — preferring to devote himself to the completion of his life's work, a Treatise on the Art of Fencing. But when a beautiful and mysterious young woman with an intriguing scar at the corner of her mouth asks Don Jaime to teach her the secret of the unstoppable sword thrust, he soon finds himself unwittingly drawn into a secret plot that involves seduction, politics, blackmail, and murder. About the AuthorARTURO PÉREZ-REVERTE is an internationally acclaimed author whose books have been translated into nineteen languages in thirty countries and have sold more than three million copies worldwide. He was born in 1951 in Spain, where he still lives. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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