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4.2/5 e-Reading Country Spain Publication date 1990 Originally published 1990 Page count 418 Translator Margaret Jull Costa | 3.8/5 Goodreads Original title La tabla de Flandes Language Spanish Published in English 1994 Genre Crime Fiction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Publisher Alfaguara (First edition),
Harcourt Brace & Company (First English edition) Awards Grand Prix de Littérature Policière - International Category Similar Arturo Pérez-Reverte books, Crime Fiction books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Uncovered the flanders panel do you love me
The Flanders Panel (original Spanish title La tabla de Flandes) is a novel written by Spanish author Arturo Pérez-Reverte in 1990, telling of a mystery hidden in an art masterpiece spanning from the 15th century to the present day.
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Plot summary
Julia, an art restorer and evaluator living in Madrid, discovers a painted-over message on a 1471 Flemish masterpiece called La partida de ajedrez (The Chess Game) which reads "Quis Necavit Equitem", written in Latin (English: "Who killed the knight?"). The painting appears as the cover of the book in some editions.
With the help of her old friend and father-figure, an antiques dealer named César, and Muñoz, a quiet local chess master, Julia works to uncover the mystery of a 500-year-old murder. At the same time, however, Julia faces danger of her own; as several people helping her along her search are also murdered.
Film adaptation
The 1994 British film Uncovered, starring Kate Beckinsale and John Wood, is a cinematic adaptation of the novel.