El Maestro de Esgrima

The fencing master: a fencing novel by Arturo Perez-Reverte! It's easy to read and intriguing. I red it when I didn't know anything about fencing so I missed out on a lot of fierce battle descriptions!

Synopsis: In 1866 Spain, Don Jaime is an old-fashioned fencing master, unaware of the political conspiracies around him. A mysterious and beautiful woman (Adela de Otero) enters his life, asking to be instructed in this old gentlemans art. Once he accepts, he is thrown into an entangled plot of intrigue and death.  
I think I'm going to buy it as a present for my coach, but in German "Der Fechtmeister".