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The Flanders Panel
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The Flanders Panel

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A brilliant murder mystery in which a clue to a murder is hidden within a medieval painting.

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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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vintage
Country
United Kingdom
Date
2 June 2003
Pages
304
ISBN
9780099453956

A brilliant murder mystery in which a clue to a murder is hidden within a medieval painting.

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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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vintage
Country
United Kingdom
Date
2 June 2003
Pages
304
ISBN
9780099453956