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{{short description|1990 novel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte}}
{{Infobox book
| name          = The Flanders Panel
| title_orig    = {{lang|es|La tabla de Flandes}}
| translator    = Margaret Jull Costa
| image         = The Flanders Panel - book cover.jpg
| caption       = First edition (Spanish)
| author        = [[Arturo Pérez-Reverte]]
| illustrator   =
| cover_artist  =
| country       = [[Spain]]
| language      = [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
| series        = <!--n/a-->
| genre         = [[Crime novel]]
| publisher     = [[Alfaguara]] (First edition),<br>[[Harcourt Brace & Company]] (First English edition)
| pub_date      = 1990
| english_pub_date = 1994
| media_type    = Print ([[Hardback]])
| pages         = 418
| isbn          = 84-204-8079-7
| isbn_note     =<br> {{ISBN|0-15-148926-2}} (first English edition)
| oclc          =
}}
'''''The Flanders Panel''''' (original [[Spanish language|Spanish]] title ''La tabla de Flandes'') is a [[novel]] written by [[Spain|Spanish]] author [[Arturo Pérez-Reverte]] in [[1990 in literature|1990]], telling of a mystery hidden in an art masterpiece spanning from the 15th century to the present day.
==Plot summary==
Julia, an art restorer and evaluator living in [[Madrid]], discovers a painted-over message on a 1471 [[Flanders|Flemish]] masterpiece called ''La partida de ajedrez'' (''The Chess Game'') which reads "Quis Necavit Equitem", written in [[Latin language|Latin]] ([[English language|English]]: "Who killed the knight?"). The painting appears as the cover of the book in some editions.
With the help of her old friend and father-figure, an antiques dealer named César, and Muñoz, a quiet local [[chess master]], Julia works to uncover the mystery of a 500-year-old murder. At the same time, Julia faces danger of her own, as several people helping her along her search are also murdered.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bluerectangle.com/book_reviews/view_one_review/2543 |title= ''The Flanders Panel'' |author= |date= |publisher= |accessdate=2010-06-25}}</ref>
==Film adaptation==
The [[1994 in film|1994]] British film ''[[Uncovered (film)|Uncovered]]'', starring [[Kate Beckinsale]] and [[John Wood (English actor)|John Wood]], is a cinematic adaptation of the novel.
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080922035305/http://www.perez-reverte.com/FlandersPanel/description.asp ''The Flanders Panel''] at the [http://www.perez-reverte.com/ author's official website].
*{{IMDb title|qid=Q1498454|title="Uncovered"}}
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[[Category:Alfaguara books]]