Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780099453956
Publisert
1997-06-05
Utgiver
Vendor
Vintage
Vekt
213 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
18 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
304
Forfatter
Oversetter
Om bidragsyterne
Arturo Pérez-Reverte was born in Cartagena in 1951. Since the publication of The Fencing Master, his first novel, Perez-Reverte has become one of Europe's bestselling authors. The Flanders Panel was awarded the Grand Prix Annuel de Litterature Policiere in France. His novel, The Dumas Club, has been made into the film The Ninth Gate by Roman Polanski and starring Johnny Depp.
The clue to a murder in the art world of contemporary Madrid lies hidden in a medieval painting of a game of chess.In a 15th-century Flemish painting two noblemen are pictured playing chess. Yet two years before he could sit for the portrait, one of them was murdered. In 20th-century Madrid, Julia, a picture restorer preparing the painting for auction, uncovers a hidden inscription in Latin that points to the crime: Quis necavit equitem? Who killed the knight? But as she teams up with a brilliant chess theoretician to retrace the moves, she discovers the deadly game is not yet over.
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The clue to a murder in the art world of contemporary Madrid lies hidden in a medieval painting of a game of chess.In a 15th-century Flemish painting two noblemen are pictured playing chess.
A sleek and sophisticated chamber mystery about art, life and chess. Madly clever
A brilliant murder mystery in which a clue to a murder is hidden within a medieval painting.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780099453956
Publisert
1997-06-05
Utgiver
Vendor
Vintage
Vekt
213 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
18 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
304
Forfatter
Oversetter