Book the flanders panel Perez-Reverte, Arturo ; Costa, Margaret Jull

Type

Physical Book

Author

Arturo Pérez-Reverte

Translated by

Margaret Jull Costa

Publisher

Harpervia

Language

English

Pages

304

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.3 x 13.7 x 1.8 cm

Weight

0.30 kg.

ISBN

0156029588

ISBN13

9780156029582

Synopsis "the flanders panel"

A fifteenth-century painting by a Flemish master is about to be auctioned when Julia, a young art restorer, discovers a peculiar inscription hidden in a corner: Who killed the knight? In the painting, the Duke of Flanders and his knight are locked in a game of chess, and a dark lady lurks mysteriously in the background. Julia is determined to solve the five-hundred-year-old murder, but as she begins to look for clues, several of her friends in the art world are brutally murdered in quick succession. Messages left with the bodies suggest a crucial connection between the chess game in the painting, the knight's murder, the sordid underside of the contemporary art world, and the latest deaths. Just when all of the players in the mystery seem to be pawns themselves, events race toward a shocking conclusion. A thriller like no other, The Flanders Panel presents a tantalizing puzzle for any connoisseur of mystery, chess, art, and history.

Arturo Pérez-Reverte

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(Cartagena, España, en 1951). Fue reportero de guerra durante veintiún años y cubrió dieciocho conflictos armados para los diarios y la televisión. Con más de veinte millones de lectores en el mundo, traducido a cuarenta idiomas, muchas de sus obras han sido llevadas al cine y la televisión. Hoy comparte su vida entre la literatura, el mar y la navegación. Es miembro de la Real Academia Española y de la Asociación de Escritores de Marina de Francia.

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