The Fencing Master (Paperback)

from JBD1

As well-written as "Club Dumas" and "Seville Communion", but I thought Perez-Reverte failed to develop the plot enough in this one ... I finished the book thinking I was still missing some pieces of the puzzle. Fantastic characters, though, and a great description of 1860s Spain.

from doxtator

Don Jaime is a fencing master of the classical style, and the inventor of a secret thrust. Grown older, and with the pistol increasing in popularity and rebellion fomenting in society all around, he is still living by the particular ethos of his life and training, setting him apart from his conte...

from doxtator

Don Jaime is a fencing master of the classical style, and the inventor of a secret thrust. Grown older, and with the pistol increasing in popularity and rebellion fomenting in society all around, he is still living by the particular ethos of his life and training, setting him apart from his conte...

from dulac3

This is my favourite of Perez-Reverte's books that I've read thus far. The stoic fencing maestro Jaime Astarloa is living out his remaining days of quiet desperation with a philosophical stiff upper lip as he watches the way of life he has devoted himself to fade into unlamented obscurity. Don Ja...

from neurodrew

A very fine novel. It went by very quickly, combining both philosophical musings on honor, and a good mystery in an unusual setting of 1850's Madrid. Jamie Astraloa is an old fencing master, who is experiencing the waning of interest in his art among the aristocrats of the day. He is engaged, aga...