by Katherine Neville · Proa · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788482566634
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«El vuit» is the adventure and political intrigue novel by Katherine Neville, published by Proa in paperback (720 pages, in Catalan).
A New York computer executive searches for legendary chess pieces of Charlemagne. A Russian master warns her: they hide the key to an ancient formula linked to alchemy, Freemasonry, and cosmic powers. Buried for a thousand years in a French abbey, they unleash two centuries of crimes, with Napoleon, Robespierre, and Newton involved.
Catalan translation by Melcion Mateu Adrover. Belongs to the A Tot Vent-Beta collection, volume 19. It is the first novel in The Eight series.
For readers of historical adventures, thrillers with enigmas, and plots that cross centuries, with chess as the connecting thread.
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.
