by Katherine Neville · Le Cherche Midi · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782749109879
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«Le feu sacré» is Katherine Neville's esoteric thriller, published by Le Cherche Midi in paperback (462 pages, in French).
In 1791, the prioress of Montglane convent orders the dispersal of the pieces of a chess set that guards a secret. Two centuries later, Alexandra finds her missing mother in Colorado; a board with a half-played game and encrypted clues lead her to a conspiracy involving Talleyrand, Lord Byron, and Napoleon.
Second installment of the series The Eight, sequel to The Eight. Translated by Edith Ochs. Originally published in English as The Fire.
For readers of historical thriller and mystery, with a plot combining chess, conspiracies, and historical figures.
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.
