The Eight

By Katherine Neville format: mass market paperback publication: January 1992 ISBN: 9780345366238

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Written from the points of view of a handful of fascinating characters across time and history, The Eight is Katharine Neville's best and most beloved novel to date.

1790: During the voilent turmoil of France's Revolution, the Abbess of Montglane, keeper of Charlemagne's dangerous and unimaginabley powerful chess set, must unearth her secret trust and disperse the pieces. Mirielle and Valentine, young novices and cousins, eager to rebel against the cloistered life into which they were thrust, are among the few to whom the pieces are entrusted. But their chance to escape the secluded Abbey life is a journey into intrigue and peril that the cousins could not have imagined. The pieces must be kept safe, but how can these young, sheltered women protect the world's most potent weapon from those who would do anything to possess it?

1972: When Catharine Velis, a brilliant young computer expert at one of the Big Eight accounting firms, accepts an assignment in Algeria, she agrees to help an acquaintance find the missing pieces of an antique chess service for an anonymous client. But Catharine becomes tangled in the plots and battles of an ancient game in which she can hardly identify the players, let alone which side she is on.

Part mystery, part historical fiction, and with more than a dash of romance, The Eight is a mystical thrill-ride and a welcome addition to any bookshelf.

(Sarah)

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