The Tournament
- ISBN-10
- 1742614280
- ISBN-13
- 9781742614281
- Series
- The Tournament
- Category
- Chess
- Pages
- 432
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-05-01
- Publisher
- Pan
- Author
- Matthew Reilly
Description
THE EVENTIn the year 1546, Suleiman the Magnificent, the feared Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, invites every king in Europe to send a champion to compete in a grand chess tournament.THE COMPETITORSThe English delegation, led by esteemed scholar Roger Ascham and accompanied by his pupil, Bess, journeys to the glittering city of Constantinople.THE IMPACT ON A YOUNG GIRLIt is not a battle of wits that unfolds before Bess' eyes but barbaric deaths, unimaginable depravity and diplomatic treachery - a terrifying sequence of events that will forever determine how she will perform her future roll...as Queen Elizabeth I.EVEN A PAWN CAN BECOME A QUEEN
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