530 Flanders is currently listed for $595,000 and was received on April 27, 2021. Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor. I couldn't put it down, and finished it in about a day. Here is a wholly original novel to chal I wonder if anybody has analyzed it already. flag. Julia is restoring paintings and a painting representing a chess game between the Duke of Flanders and his knight is her current task. It dealt with medieval history, art restoration, chess, deduction, ...AND MURDER. (less) It's... well, what is it? ― Arturo Pérez-Reverte, quote from The Flanders Panel “It's usually the father who teaches the child his first moves in the game. Like other Pérez-Reverte books, this one initially consumed me. Well that was just as good as I remembered. If you like chess, that helps, but I can't imagine anyone not enjoying this intellectual romp. As mediocre a player as I am, I was still able to follow the descriptions and logic of the moves and the use of a 500 year old chess game that is relevant to the mystery unfolding before us is just flat-out clever. I like this author, but I found this book cliched and shallow. The whole structure is so contrived it ultimately collapses under its own weight. FSI Solutions is a division of Alpharetta, GA based Flanders Scientific. I really didn't see it coming :), For the most part "The Flanders Panel" was a disappointment. He started his journalistic career writing for the now-defunct newspaper, “You don't choose your friends, they choose you, and you either reject them or you accept them without reservations.”, “Chess is all about getting the king into check, you see. I knew I was going to like this book when I learned that an art restorer discovers within a 500-year-old painting a hidden message linked to a medieval assassination half a century prior; that the premise of the painting (and subsequent murder mystery) revolves around chess; and that the first epigraph of Chapter 1 is a Borges quote: On paper I should have loved this book. "A beguiling puzzle—a game within a game within a game—solved in perplexing but entertaining fashion. Shinju. Maybe that's just my problem as far as choice of reading material, but I think Perez-Reverte is a more inventive writer than that. It is all of these. After first reading this cleverly constructed mystery more than a decade ago, I've made the happy discovery that it stands up to re-reading. Characters had real depth, were idiosyncratic, querky, troubled, colourful, and well-developed. There is … According to his biography in the book, this man had nothing to do with the story. Loved it. In The Flanders Panel Arturo Perez-Reverte has constructed a totally ingenious crime thriller, the clues embedded both in the details of a five-hundred-year-old painting, and in a highly sophisticated game of chess. Contact us to find out how we can help you with your filtration needs. I could put it down at any moment. Ancient mystery, romance and murder enchanted on canvas and mirrored in reality. This is a murder mystery fundamentally, but one so cerebral and smart that you may not recognize it. At the same time, Julia faces danger of her own, as several people helping her along her search are also murdered.[1]. Guys, the paintings you see at movie and researching online are modern illustrations! Find 43 photos of the 530 Flanders Dr home on Zillow. My friend Cathy (also a chessplayer) told me I had to read this, and she was indeed right. The 1994 British film Uncovered, starring Kate Beckinsale and John Wood, is a cinematic adaptation of the novel. 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