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The tournament / Matthew Reilly.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Tournament ; bk. 1 | Thorndike Press large print thrillerPublisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2015Copyright date: �2013Edition: Large Print editionDescription: 507 pages (large print) ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781410484178 (large print : hardback)
  • 1410484173 (large print : hardcover)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: The year is 1546, and Suleiman the Magnificent, the feared Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, issues an invitation to every king in Europe: 'You are invited to send your finest player to compete in a chess tournament to determine the champion of the known world.' Thousands converge on Constantinople, including the English court's champion and his guide, the esteemed scholar Roger Ascham. Seeing a chance to enlighten the mind of a student, Ascham brings along Elizabeth Tudor, a brilliant young woman not yet consumed by royal duties in Henry VIII's court. Yet on the opening night of the tournament, a powerful guest of the Sultan is murdered. Soon, barbaric deaths, diplomatic corruption, and unimaginable depravity -- sexual and otherwise -- unfold before Elizabeth's and Ascham's eyes. The pair soon realizes that the real chess game is being played within the court itself... and its most treacherous element is that a stranger in a strange land is only as safe as her host is gracious.
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Large Print Book Large Print Book Main Library Large Print Fiction MYSTERY Reilly, Matthew Available 33111008374049
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A New York Times Bestselling AuthorA #1 International Bestselling AuthorA young Queen Elizabeth I is thrust into a gripping game of deception and lust at the height of the Ottoman Empire in this edge-of-your-seat historical thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Great Zoo of China and Temple.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 501-504).

The year is 1546, and Suleiman the Magnificent, the feared Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, issues an invitation to every king in Europe: 'You are invited to send your finest player to compete in a chess tournament to determine the champion of the known world.' Thousands converge on Constantinople, including the English court's champion and his guide, the esteemed scholar Roger Ascham. Seeing a chance to enlighten the mind of a student, Ascham brings along Elizabeth Tudor, a brilliant young woman not yet consumed by royal duties in Henry VIII's court. Yet on the opening night of the tournament, a powerful guest of the Sultan is murdered. Soon, barbaric deaths, diplomatic corruption, and unimaginable depravity -- sexual and otherwise -- unfold before Elizabeth's and Ascham's eyes. The pair soon realizes that the real chess game is being played within the court itself... and its most treacherous element is that a stranger in a strange land is only as safe as her host is gracious.

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