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For centuries a secret has been carefully hidden from those who would abuse its power. One daring and enigmatic woman gives her life to defy the rules and protect history from changing course forever.
With France aflame in revolution, and the power of her king checked, the nuns of Montglane Abbey are forced to unearth a secret buried for a thousand years within their fortress walls. As the women scatter across the world they take with them the pieces of a mystical chess set given to Charlemagne by eight mysterious Moors. Embedded in each piece of the chess service is a code. Whoever reassembles the pieces can play a game of unlimited power - a game that will bring about the end of all kings.
Centuries later, another young woman is chosen to join those protecting the missing pieces - will she deduce the answer to the greatest riddle of all time?
'Blends historical fiction and medieval mystery and comes up with gold'
People
'Fascinating…Mind-boggling'
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'Both vibrant and cerebral…Few will find it resistible'
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作者簡介：

Katherine Neville has travelled throughout the world. She has been a model, portrait painter, commerical photographer, data processor and Vice President of the Bank of America. She currently lives in the San Francisco Bay area. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

• 作者： Neville, Katherine
• 出版社： Random House 出版日期：1990-01-14 ISBN/ISSN：9780345366238
• 語言：英文 裝訂方式：平裝 頁數：608頁
• 類別： 中文書> 類型文學> 推理小說