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An edition of El maestro de esgrima (1988)

The fencing master

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A murder mystery in 1886 Madrid featuring an old fencing master who still teaches in the age of the pistol. He is famous for his unstoppable thrust and one day a beautiful woman arrives asking he teach it to her. The novel traces their relationship. By the author of The Flanders Panel.

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Harcourt Brace & Co.
Language
English
Pages
245

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Subjects
Fencing coaches, Fiction, Social life and customs, Novela española, Historia, Ficción, History, Swordsmen, Historical fiction, Fiction, historical, Madrid (spain), fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, historical, general
Places
Madrid, Madrid (Spain), Spain
Times
Revolutionary period, 1868-1875

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The Fencing Master
June 7, 2004, Harvest Books
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The fencing master
2003, Vintage
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El maestro de esgrima
2001, Suma de Letras
in Spanish
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The Fencing Master: A Novel
September 7, 2000, Harvest Books
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The Fencing Master
2000, The Harvill Press
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The fencing master
1999, Harcourt Brace & Co.
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The fencing master
1999, Harcourt Brace & Co.
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Maitre D'Escrime
December 31, 1998, Editions du Seuil
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Le maître d'escrime
May 25, 1993, Seuil
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El maestro de esgrima
January 1, 1992, Alfaguara
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Table of Contents

I.
The Fencing Bout -- 5 -- II.
Compound Attack with Two Feints -- 31 -- III.
Uncertain 'Time' on a False Attack -- 57 -- IV.
The Short Lunge -- 81 -- V.
Glissade -- 128 -- VI.
An Attack on the Blade -- 156 -- VII.
The Appel -- 181 -- VIII.
With Bare Blades-- 207.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
863/.64
Library of Congress
PQ6666.E765 M3413 1999, PQ6666.E765M3413

The Physical Object

Pagination
245 p. ;
Number of pages
245

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24752295M
ISBN 10
0151001812
ISBN 13
9780151001811
LCCN
98035536
OCLC/WorldCat
39443732

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