A finales del siglo XV un viejo maestro de la pintura flamenca introduce en uno de sus cuadros una partida de ajadrez que pudo cambiar la historia de Europa. Cinco siglos después, una joven resturadora de arte, un anticuario homosexual y un excéntrico jugador de ajedrez unen sus esfuerzos para resolver el enigma. Sus pesquisas abrirán las puertas de un apasionante misterio, que terminará envolviendo a los protagonistas."La tabla de Flandes" es un excitante juego de trampas e inversiones - pintura, musica, literatura y logica matematica, que se convierte para el lector en una peligrosa aventura.
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Julia, a young Madrid art restorer, is pulled into a shadowy world of metaphor when she discovers a long-covered inscription on a Flemish painting: Who killed the knight? Art, chess and murder are intertwined in this elegant, seductive mystery in the manner of The Name of the Rose.
Published by Bantam in paperback, 1996, 0553377868
Published by Harcourt in hardcover, 1994, 0-15-148926-2
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