The Queen's Gambit

The Queen's Gambit
ISBN-10
0425219232
ISBN-13
9780425219232
Series
The Queen's Gambit
Category
Fiction
Pages
323
Language
English
Published
2008
Publisher
Penguin
Author
Diane A. S. Stuckart

Description

Engineering a living chess game consisting of members of the royal court for Ludovico Sforza, the Duke of Milan, Leonardo da Vinci's triumph is marred by the murder of one of the chess "pieces," and he is caught up in court intrigue when he investigates t

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