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Tournament by Matthew Reilly (2015, Hardcover)
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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherGallery Books
ISBN-10147674954X
ISBN-139781476749549
eBay Product ID (ePID)18038560788
Product Key Features
Book TitleTournament
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2015
TopicThrillers / Suspense, Thrillers / General, Mystery & Detective / International Mystery & Crime, Thrillers / Historical, Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, Historical
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorMatthew Reilly
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight16.9 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2015-506879
TitleLeadingThe
Reviews[ The Tournament ] is a complete success-a vibrantly detailed environment, richly drawn characters, and a great story. Action fans and PBS types can share their enthusiasm this time., [A] delightful, well-crafted thriller . . . Reilly remains true to the realities of his historical characters and effectively communicates Elizabeth's feeling of being an inquisitive stranger without falling into undue exoticism., [ The Tournament ] is a complete success--a vibrantly detailed environment, richly drawn characters, and a great story. Action fans and PBS types can share their enthusiasm this time.
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal823/.914
Synopsis"A complete success...action fans and PBS types can share their enthusiasm" ( Booklist, starred review) when a 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 . 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.
LC Classification NumberPR9619.3.R445T68
