The Fencing Master

Zusatztext "The master of the intellectual thriller is not an American or British writer, but Spaniard Arturo Perez-Reverte, one of the most creative and devilishly complex authors of the '90s."—San Francisco Examiner Informationen zum Autor ARTURO PEREZ-REVERTE is the award-winning author of many critically acclaimed novels, including The Club Dumas, The Flanders Panel, and the Captain Alatriste series. A retired war journalist, he lives in Madrid and is a member of the Royal Spanish Academy. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Arturo Perez-Reverte
• Edition: Harper Collins Usa
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 07.06.2004
• EAN: 9780156029834
• ISBN: 978-0-15-602983-4
• Pages: 256
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 15 mm
• Thème: Harpervia
• Catégories: Littérature > Suspense; FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION: Thrillers / General, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / General