La Tabla De Flandes

Arturo Pérez-Reverte in the novel "The Flanders Board" immerses the reader in a special world of antiquarians and antiques, collectors, restorers, and artists, a world of connoisseurs and admirers of antiquity, a world closed to the uninitiated.
A painting by the... Flemish artist of the 15th century "The Game of Chess" comes into the hands of young restorer Julia, on which three words, executed in impeccable Gothic script in Latin, are discovered: "Quis necavit equitem" - "Who killed the knight?". It is obvious that a mystery of murder is encrypted in the painting on the chessboard. The main character takes on the task of solving this crime committed five hundred years ago. As a result of the investigation, incredible events unfold: the chess game on the medieval painting unexpectedly begins to play out in reality, as if some experienced and mysterious master is moving the pieces step by step, and each subsequent move leads to another murder of Julia's friends…