Le Maître d'escrime

ISBN-10: 2021224406
ISBN-13: 9782021224405
Category: Literary Collections
Pages: 287
Language: French
Published: 2014-10-25T00:00:00+02:00
Publisher: Média Diffusion
Author: Arturo Pérez-Reverte

Description

Dans une Espagne secouée par de graves troubles politiques, un maître d'escrime assiste à la lente disparition de son art et des valeurs auxquelles il a été fidèle toute sa vie. En 1868, à Madrid, les mots "honneur" et "honnêteté" agonisent en même temps que le vieux monde, et le maître, réfugié en lui-même, s'applique à mettre au point une botte secrète, imparable, son Graal. Lorsque dans sa salle d'armes apparaît la belle et énigmatique Adela de Otero, sa vie bascule. Son amour, qu'il n'ose exprimer, l'entraîne malgré lui dans une aventure où les trahisons succèdent aux manoeuvres politiques et aux crimes, et qui se déroule selon les règles d'un duel : assaut, fausse attaque, dégagement forcé, jusqu'au combat à pointe nue, mortel. Arturo Pérez-Reverte, révélé en France par Le Tableau du maître flamand, nous livre ici un suspense haletant, où l'intrigue policière tracée au fleuret laisse apparaître la vision d'un monde qui a perdu ses repères et vacille.

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