by Arturo Pérez-Reverte · Editorial Alfaguara · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420441986
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«El Maestro de Esgrima» is the historical novel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte, published by Alfaguara in paperback (356 pages, in Spanish).
Don Jaime Astarloa, a veteran fencing master in late 19th-century Madrid, agrees to instruct a mysterious woman, Adela de Otero, in the thrust of the two hundred escudos. Accepting the request plunges Don Jaime into a political conspiracy of deceit and crimes, with honour and ambition as the backdrop.
The novel was originally published in 1988, was adapted into a film by Pedro Olea and belongs to the Alfaguara Hispánica collection.
Spanish journalist, former war reporter and novelist, author of the Captain Alatriste saga and novels such as The Flanders Panel and The Club Dumas.
