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Author:	Robert Lohr	Format:	Hardcover
Publisher:	Penguin Group USA	ISBN-10:	1594201269
ISBN-13:	9781594201264	Subject:	Action, Adventure
Publication Year:	2007	Topic:	--
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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:	9.5 in.
Width:	6.5 in.
Thickness:	1.2 in.
Weight:	21.6 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.
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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) (05/01/2007)

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The Chess Machine: A Novel

Robert Lohr

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Binding:	Hardcover
Book Condition:	Good
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ISBN:	1594201269
Publication Date:	2007-07-05
Publisher:	Penguin Press HC, The

Pages:	352
Height:	1.2000 inches
Width:	6.2000 inches
Weight:	1.3000 pounds

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