The chess machine
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Author
Contributions
- Bell, Anthea - Contributor
Publication
2008 - Penguin Books, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
86,000 words, Guess
Page Count
344 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivechessmachine00lohr
- ISBN-100143114360
- ISBN-139780143114369
- OCLC Control Number268959238
- Better World Books9780143114369
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL24970939M
Description
"Vienna 1770 -- Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen unveils a strange, amazing invention, the Mechanical Turk, a sensational and unbeatable chess-playing automaton. But what the Habsburg court hails as the greatest innovation of the century is hardly what it appears to be. And when a beautiful and seductive countess dies under mysterious circumstances in the presence of the Turk, both machine and inventor find themselves at the heart of a web of intrigue and espionage. Daring and brilliant, The Chess Machine -- based on a bizarre true story -- is a classic portrait of envy, lust, scandal, and deception."--Publisher's description.
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