Product Description

In 1866 Spain, Don Jaime is an old-fashioned fencing master, unaware of the political conspiracies around him. A mysterious and beautiful woman enters his life, asking to be instructed in this old gentleman's art. Once he accepts, he is thrown into an entangled plot of intrigue and death.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1152174 in Books
• Published on: 2005-04
• Original language: Spanish
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 399 pages

Chicago Tribune
You will be fascinated with the character of Jaime Astarloa.

About the Author
Arturo Perez-Reverte (Cartagena, Spain, 1951) was a newspaper columnist and former television journalist for twenty-one years. Now he is fully dedicated to literature and is considered one of the top-10 international novelists. His books have been translated into twenty-three languages and published in thirty countries, selling over two million copies worldwide. Four of his books have been made into movies.