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	Montglane Service - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Montglane Service is a fictional chess set that appears in Katherine Neville's The Eight.
		The weight and size of each piece is reported to be quite large with pawns starting at about 6 inches high (approximately the size of a vertical dollar bill) and kings and queens at 12 inches.
		The Montglane Service received its name after it was gifted by Charlemagne to a loyal friend who controlled the Montglane region of France who later willed it to be protected by the nuns of Montglane.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Montglane_Service (146 words)

	DaveWells.us: February 2006 Archives
		The plot revolves around the Montglane Service, a fictional chess set given to Charlemagne by a Moorish lord.
		Naturally, the Service is imbued with unspeakable ancient power and must be kept out of the wrong hands.
		She even makes the claim that the secret hidden within the Montglane Service is what allowed ancient cultures to build things like the pyramids of Egypt.
	www.davewells.us /archives/2006/02 (3028 words)

	~ iFaNTaBuLouS : BLoG CHaTs ~ » The Eight
		Initially kept in Montglane Abbey, a series of event forced the dispersal of the pieces to prevent these chess pieces from being reassembled and abused by the wrong hands.
		France, in the throes of revolution, was not exactly conducive for Mireille and her cousin Valentine whose duty was to scatter the Service.
		With Valentine sacrificed in the process, Mireille was at lost, not knowing who she could trust from those whom she could not.
	www.ifantabulous.com /?p=106 (557 words)

	Amazon.com: The Eight: Books: Katherine Neville (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Montglane Service, New York, White Queen, Black Queen, Cardinal Richelieu, Knight's Tour, Charlotte Corday, Sister Claude, Bishop of Autun, Catherine Grand, Minnie Renselaas, Lily Rad, Mokhfi Mokhtar, Montglane Abbey, Jacques-Louis David, Catherine the Great, Madame de Roque, United Nations, Ain Ka'abah, General Bonaparte, Grand Master Fiske, North Africa, Alexander Solarin, Bill of Seizure, East River
		The Montglane chess set, like Tolkien's "The One Ring", has mystical powers, and must be prevented, by an innocent, from falling into the hands of those who represent evil and anarchy.
		Both are trying to unlock the mystery of the apocryphal "Montglane Service", a chess set with mystical powers reportedly once given to the great Franco ruler Charlemagne.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0345366239?v=glance (1529 words)

	Random House Publishing Group \| The Eight by Katherine Neville
		The South of France, 1790—Mireille de Remy and her cousin Valentine are young novices at the fortresslike Montglane Abbey.
		With France aflame in revolution, the two girls burn to rebel against constricted convent life—and their means of escape is at hand.
		Buried deep within the abbey are pieces of the Montglane Chess Service, once owned by Charlemagne.
	www.randomhouse.com /rhpg/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=0345419081 (224 words)

	Katherine Neville: De Acht
		The South of France, Spring 1790: Mireille de Remy and her cousin Valentine are young novices at the fortress-like Montglane Abbey.
		With France aflame with revolution, the two girls burn to rebel against constricted convent life--and their means of escape is at hand.
		Buried deep within the walls and floor of the abbey are pieces of the Montglane Chess Service, once owned by Charlemagne.
	www.boekgrrls.nl /BgDiversen/Aanbevelingen/NevilleKatherine.htm (473 words)

	IT'S YOUR MOVE, CHARLEMAGNE - New York Times
		Before leaving for Algiers she attends an international chess match at which the British grand master is murdered.
		This and a visit to a fortune teller provoke the question, ''Have you ever heard of the Montglane Service?'' Everyone in the book asks this question of everyone else and the reaction is always the same: people turn ''quite gray,'' stagger backward and speak through gritted teeth.
		The pieces are distributed to various nuns, including the novice Mireille, who takes hers to Paris where her guardian, the painter Jacques-Louis David, buries them in his garden.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE1D91230F936A25752C0A96F948260 (450 words)

	Reader's Club: Book Review for The Eight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Published in 1988, this older title is every bit as fast paced, intriguing and satisfying as Brown's novel.
		The story is built around a legendary chess set called the Montglane Chess Service.
		Dual story lines, separated by nearly 200 years, have strong women characters seeking the chess pieces and the secrets of their power.
	www.readersclub.org /reviews/tresults.asp?id=2747 (105 words)

	Heights Library: Literary Mysteries
		Their investigation leads the team to a shocking suspect: a woman who appears to the world to be a heroic nurse and a loving mother, but who may in reality be a ruthless murderer of children.
		When two young women in France of 1790 discover the Montglane Chess Service in Montglane Abbey, their Abbess recognizes its mystic ability and desperately scatters its pieces around the world.
		But in 1972, computer expert Catherine "Cat" Velis is hired to recover the chess pieces--and gets caught up in a nefarious, globe-spanning conspiracy.
	www.heightslibrary.org /booklist/view.php?id=83 (457 words)

	Miniver Cheevy: September 2004
		In brief: CBS ran a story about Bush neglecting his National Guard service, and cited a memo entitled "CYA." Right-wing bloggers have questioned the memo's authenticity (often on shaky grounds) and this has bubbled into the mainstream media.
		Timothy Burke has been reflecting on what it would be like to enjoy the services of a kind of Magic Politics Fairy who grants wishes.
		I wish that all the disgruntled leftists who want a muscular and purified third political party that was authentically radical, progressive or left could not only have their wish but have still more.
	miniver.blogspot.com /2004_09_01_miniver_archive.html (6368 words)

	Semicolon
		But the main characters are a couple of women: a French nun named Mireille and an American computer expert, Catherine Velis.
		Both of the women become involved with a chess set that dates back to the time of Charlemagne, the set called the Montglane Service.
		As the story progresses, every historical character you’ve ever heard of (and some you probably haven’t) from the mid to late 1700’s makes at least an appearance from Robespierre to Catherine the Great to Fibonacci the mathemetician.
	semicolon.reachcoop.org /?p=967 (544 words)

	Iolani School - Outside Reading
		of 1790 discover the Montglane Chess Service in Montglane Abbey, they recognize its mystic ability to provide anyone playing it with unlimited power and desperately scatter its pieces around the world.
		This was before milk carton photos and public service announcements, she tells us; back in 1973, when Susie mysteriously disappeared, people still believed these things didn't happen.
		Through the eyes of this winning young heroine, this story of seemingly unbearable tragedy is transformed into a suspenseful, touching, even funny novel about family, memory, love, heaven, and living.
	www.iolani.org /usacad_eng_eng9_outsideread_cw.htm (3454 words)

	Reading For Pleasure Issue #9 - Time Travel
		I decided to perform a valuable public service in this space by providing you with a brief biographic rundown on Jack Finney, so I sat down amidst my large library of literary reference volumes armed with a pencil and a large pad of paper.
		He realized that there was something very wrong about the set and had it hidden in an abbey at Montglane, where it lay in rest until 1792.
		THE EIGHT is told on two time lines: the 1790s when political unrest causes the Montglane Service (as the chess set is called) to be scattered around the world, and the 1970s when Catherine Velis and the other players in the game are tracking the pieces in an attempt to reassemble the set.
	showcase.netins.net /web/chargerhorse/RFP-09.HTM (11385 words)

	The Magic Circle - Computer Store
		I have to admit though, the "Spear of Destiny" did result in some interesting side research.
		Unlike the Montglane Service, the Spear of Destiny appears to be an artifact that dates from the time of Christ's crucifixion.
		I'm always appreciative of authors that open the door to heretofore unknown facts.
	www.investordictionary.com /store/book/0345423135.aspx (1046 words)

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		Call 932-3600 ext 77275 to arrange for these services.
		A year has passed since Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, a pioneer in forensic psychiatry, tracked down the brutal serial killer John Beecham with the help of a team of trusted companions and a revolutionary application of the principles of his discipline.
		Pop-up blocking must be turned off for this button to work.
	www.findagoodbook.net /viewbooks.php?id=83&printer=no (561 words)

	The Eight by Katherine Neville book review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The other players in the game are also assigned to respective chess pieces, and the object is to uncover the secret encoded in the Montglane Chess Service, once owned by Charlemagne and possessing a potential for incredible power.
		As Catherine goes about her journey, the parallel path taken by Mireille de Remi, a young girl struggling to survive in the heart of the French Revolution, is also depicted.
		Other interesting aspects about this book include the fact that the whole plot is structured based on a famous chess game (again, similar in spirit to
	www.ram.org /ramblings/books/the_eight.html (390 words)

	Bluetape.org --> Culture
		Locating the right strategy to play in THE game was more difficult than cracking the secret of the Montglane Service.
		If this were not so, there would not currently be a windfall in the number of dating services out there: Lovesite, Love Compass, Z Lounge, Lava Lounge, SingleSites…the list goes on and on.
		How strange that people would need such a service if the outside dating community offered these amenities.
	www.bluetape.org /culture/002.html (1154 words)

	Readers' Group Questions
		They did not bury the fl queen, so Paul gets it after his mother's death.
		The board is later discovered when repairs are underway on the Hermitage, in modern times, and Solarin uses this as a pretext to get the KGB to escort him to America where he claims he can help find the rest of the service.
		He is actually joining Minnie to help select the prospective new queen, whom he will protect.
	www.katherineneville.com /reader_group_questions.htm (2106 words)

	Book Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Niffenegger certainly knows how to keep the reader turning the pages.
		Katherine Neville's debut novel explores the origins and power of Charlemagne's Montglane Service, a chess service that has the ability to control kings and kingdoms.
		She tells the story of Mireille, a Catholic monastic apprentice in 1790, whose life mission is to protect the powerful chess pieces.
	www.twilightofthedawn.com /reviews.php (1668 words)

	Eight - PowerBookSearch! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Montglane Service, an ornate, jeweled chess set given to Charlemagne by the Moors, is said to hold a code which when deciphered will bring great power.
		Computer expert Cat Velis is heading for a job to Algeria.
		When two young women in France of 1790 discover the Montglane Chess Service in Montglane Abbey, their Abbess recognizes its mystic ability to provide anyone playing it with unlimited power and desperately scatter its pieces around the world.
	www.powerbooksearch.com /booksearch0345366239.html (756 words)

	The Eight : a novel by Katherine Neville \| LibraryThing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		I love chess so I just had to get the book.
		But the book is soo much more, this is a great adventure book that goes that goes back and forth through time flipping from 1972 to 1790 to tell the story of the Montglane Chess Service.
		This is an excellent read that has a little bit of everything in it.
	www.librarything.com /card_card.php?book=59940 (447 words)

	Results of the Katherine Neville Survey
		The way the clues all came together to show what the Montglane Service had locked in it was really cool.
		From JJJC2000@aol.com: The mystery, the puzzle, how it was so confusing but it all fit together at the same time.
		She rivals Guy Gavriel Kay for storytelling The only regret is that the sequel still seems to far away!
	www-personal.umich.edu /~vickik/results.html (3344 words)

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