A novel of family dynamics set in BOMBAY (Mumbai)
The Fencing Master
Location(s): Madrid
Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
Era(s): 1860s
Plots abound in the Madrid of 1868. Everyone is discussing them apart from the fencing master, Don Jaime, currently working on the Treatise on the Art of Fencing. Dark violence crosses his path when he is approached by a beautiful woman enquiring if he can teach her the “Unstoppable Thrust”. He political manoeuvrings. A superb book with rich historical detail.
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