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Author: Robert LohrFormat: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin Group USAISBN-10: 0143114360
Edition Description: ReprintISBN-13: 9780143114369
Category: --Publication Year: 2008
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German author Robert Lohr uses the true story of the Mechanical Turk, one of the world's greatest hoaxes, as the inspiration for his delightful historical novel. In 1770 Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen, in an attempt to impress the Empress of Hungary, creates a wooden automaton that could play masterly chess. The secret was that the machine holds enough room for an Italian chess-playing dwarf named Tibor Scardenelli. The Turk becomes a huge success and soon Kempelen and his reluctant accomplice are sent to the court of Louis XVI to perform before Marie Antoinette. The plot thickens when a courtier turns up murdered and her makeup is found smeared on the Turk.

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Length:344 pages
Height:8.5 in.
Width:5.5 in.
Thickness:1.0 in.
Weight:10.4 oz.

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In the aftermath of the "creation" of an automated chess-playing machine that is secretly operated from within by an outcast Italian dwarf, Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen dazzles the public throughout the course of a sensational tour, until the mysterious death of a seductive countess places the machine under suspicion. Reprint.

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"Rich in detail and psychological depth....[A] work of such marvelously creative imagination that it makes little difference what's factual and what isn't--it all rings true." (starred review)
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The Chess Machine

Product Category : Books
ISBN : 0143114360
Title : The Chess Machine
EAN : 9780143114369
Authors : Robert Lohr
Binding : Paperback
Publisher : Penguin (Non-Classics)
Publication Date : 2008-09-30
Pages : 352
List Price (MSRP) : 15.00
Height : 0.9000 inches
Width : 5.4000 inches
Length : 8.4000 inches
Weight : 0.6000 pounds
Keywords : Historical, Contemporary, General, General AAS, Paperback, Printed Books
Condition : Very Good

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