The Fencing Master (Dumas novel)

The Fencing Master (French Le Maître d'armes)^[1] is a novel by Alexandre Dumas^[2] published in 1840–1842. The novel is set in Russia.^[3][4] The book was written in collaboration with Dumas' fencing teacher, Augustin Grisier. The story is written as Grisier's account of how he came to witness the events of the Decembrist revolt in Russia. The novel was eventually banned in Russia by Czar Nicholas I, and Dumas was prohibited from visiting the country until after the Czar's death. Dumas refers to Grisier with great respect in The Count of Monte Cristo, The Corsican Brothers, and in his memoirs.

References

1. Dumas, Alexandre (4 December 2015). Le maître d'armes: Nouvelle édition augmentée. Arvensa Editions. pp. 402–. ISBN 979-10-273-0208-6.
2. Alexandre Dumas (14 February 2015). The Fencing Master - Scholar's Choice Edition. BiblioLife. ISBN 978-1-297-00673-9.
3. Graham H. Roberts (18 January 2011). Other Voices: Three Centuries of Cultural Dialogue between Russia and Western Europe. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 13–. ISBN 978-1-4438-2790-4.
4. Alexandre Dumas (17 November 2013). Delphi Works of Alexandre Dumas (Illustrated). Delphi Classics. pp. 585–. ISBN 978-1-908909-48-0.