[Mithfânion]

I've suddenly become a fencing enthusiast after seeing The Count of Monte Cristo last weekend. I am therefore looking for some books in which a good deal of interesting characters and fencing is to be found. Any thoughts? Outside of the Three Musketeers ;)

I did see one book by Arturo Perez-Reverte (from Club Dumas fame) which seemed interesting. But not much else.

It need not be Fantasy, might be Historical Fiction.

[ChrisW]

er the fencer trilogy by K J Parker. The first book "Colours in the Steel" has a bit of fencing and swordplay in general. The main character Bardos, is a lawyer. Cases are decided by the lawyers fencing each other:) .

[Alle]

Try finding books by Rafael Sabatini. He wrote Scaramouche, The Fencing Master and a ton of other historical fiction that often features fencing scenes that are fairly well described. The hard part is finding the books. Many are out of print, but are fairly easy to find via bookfinder.com or resources of that type.

Alle

[Loque]

have you ever tried actual fencing? you look like a twit, but it you find a decent club it's a lot of fun.

[Mithfânion]

Modern day fencing doesn't have the outfit they used to use. Which is a big part of what I like about fencing :D

A friend of mine does fence. He says it's great fun and an excellent way to relax after a workday.

[estranghero]

Used to in uni. Loved the sport, going up 'gainst your opponent, trying to think 3 moves ahead of him and hoping that he's not thinking 4 moves ahead of you. And all of that happening in a second. :)

I miss fencing...

Btw, Mith, if you're going after Reverte's "The Fencing Master", give me a review coz I've been eyeing that thing for a couple of weeks now. :D

[Mithfânion]

It'll cost ya!

:eek:

[Bill]

Someone beat me to mentioning Sabatini. You could also try the Jhereg books by Steven Brust.

[estranghero]

originally posted by Mithfanion
It'll cost ya!


:D

Btw, Bill reminded me that Steven Brust's "The Phoenix Guards" and "Ten Thousand Years After" (?), set on the same world as "Jhereg", also had the Musketeer-fencing themes. :)

That one's free, just in case ya wanna know. ;)

[Mithfânion]

Wait a sec. Do all of Brust's books have fencing? Because I knew that the Phoenix guards books were similar to the Alexandre Dumas three musketeers style, but the Vlad Taltos books as well? Because I've got the Book of Jhereg on the wishlist anyway, it could step up if it has some cool fencing scenes :)