by Katherine Neville · Scherz · tapa dura · ISBN 9783502194958
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«Das Montglane-Spiel» is Katherine Neville's novel of mystery and historical intrigue, published by Scherz in 1999 in hardcover (511 pages, in German).
Alternating between 1972 and 1790, Catherine Velis, a computer expert and chess player, must recover the pieces of a missing chess set, while a novice discovers in her abbey, during the French Revolution, a chess set attributed to Charlemagne coveted for its supposed power. Both plots converge in a search full of symbols.
The novel, originally published as 'The Eight' in 1988, is the first installment of Katherine Neville's The Eight series.
Aimed at fans of historical thrillers and adventure plots with enigmas, in the vein of Umberto Eco's novels.
Katherine Neville is a New York Times, USA Today and #1 internationally bestselling American author who writes adventure/quest novels. Her novels include The Eight (1988), A Calculated Risk (1992), The Magic Circle (1998) and The Fire (2008), which is a sequel to The Eight.
