Siege, or Chess with Death
14.99 €
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Siege, or Chess with Death
14.99 €
1811-1812. Cadiz, the last stronghold of the Spaniards fighting for their independence, is besieged by the French. Joseph Bonaparte's troops are systematically bombarding the city, and strangely enough, a series of brutal murders of young girls occur in the very places where the shells hit. Rogelio Tison, commissioner of the local police, not distinguished by the softness of temperament, together with Hippolyte Barrul, the commissioner's partner in chess, looking for the mysterious killer ... Perez-Reverte's novel - sharp, on the verge of life and death, tense, in some places crazy multi-move chess game, pieces in which the unpredictable, and the result of the game can change not only the fate of the heroes, but also the course of world history. The writer himself, the author of such international bestsellers as "The Flemish Board", "The Dumas Club" (the literary basis of "The Ninth Gate" by Roman Polanski with Johnny Depp), a series of novels about the adventures of Captain Alatriste (screen adaptation with Vigo Mortensen) and many others, so says about the book: "Technically, this is my most complex novel, with the most branched structure ... I'm twenty years later, as if again returned to my old novels. There is a political intrigue with espionage, an investigation, a love line, naval battles and adventures".
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