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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 the 15th-century Flemish painting two noblemen are playing chess. Yet two years before he could sit for the portrait, one of them was murdered. Now, in a 20th-century Madrid, Julia, a picture restorer preparing the painting for auction, uncovers an inscription 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.
| ISBN | 0099453959 | | Pages | 304 | | ISBN13 | 9780099453956
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 211 | | Publisher | Vintage | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Vintage | | Previous ISBN | 9781860462054 | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Publication date | 05 Jun 1997 | | Width (mm) | 129 | | Translator | Margaret Jull Costa | | Spine width (mm) | 19 | | DEWEY | 863.64 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | |
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