The Flanders Panel (1990) (edit title/settings)

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• Julia: Restorator of paintings
• Cesar: Antiquarian, proudly homosexual, surrogate father for Julia.
• Munoz: Chessplayer who gets consulted by Julia and Cesar.
• Alvaro: Former lover and professor of Julia.
• Menchu Roch: Best friend of Julia. Greedy gallery-holder.
• Max: Menchu´s boyfriend
• Pieter Van Huys: The Flemish artist who painted the panel.
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• Lola Belmonte
• Beatrice: Beatrice of Burgundy
• Feijoo
• Roger De Arras
• Alfonso
• Lucinda
• Paco Montegrifo
• Sergio
• Cifuentes
• Don Manuel
• Ferdinand Altenhoffen
• Mufioz
• White
• Mutioz
• Ziegler
• Duke Ferdinand: Ferdinand Altenhoffen, Duke of Ostenburg.
• Charles Vii

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• “Man was not born to solve the problem of the world, merely to discover where the problem lies.”

  Munoz

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• At some point in his life, César had realised that no one ever learns from anyone else's mistakes and, consequently, there was only one dignified and proper attitude to be taken by a guardian—which, after all, was what he was–and that consisted in sitting down next to his young ward, taking her by the hand and listening, with infinite kindness, to the evolving story of her loves and griefs, whilst nature took its own wise and inevitable course.

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• 'In affairs of the heart, Princess,' César used to say, 'one should offer neither advice nor solutions ...

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• France
• Ostenburg
• Madrid
• East Gate
• Flanders
• New York
• Van Huvs
• Paris

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Glossary edit see section history

• Book of Hours: A devotional book popular in the later Middle Ages.
• Golden Section: In mathematics and the arts, two quantities are in the golden ratio if the ratio of the sum of the quantities to the larger quantity is equal to the ratio of the larger quantity to the smaller one.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Arturo Pérez-Reverte (Author)
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1. Margaret Jull Costa (Translator)

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• Dewey: 868'.64

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Authors, A-Z › ( P ) › Perez-Reverte, Arturo
• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Thrillers › Suspense
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Literary
• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Mystery

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• Uncovered (IMDb): (1995)

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