Title: El maestro de esgrima
Description: 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.
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
Time periods: Revolutionary period, 1868-1875