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In Vienna in 1770 Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen unveils his astonishing invention: the Mechanical Turk, an unbeatable chess-playing machine. But von Kempelen is no mechanical genius. Rather, he’s a conman, as Tibor, the dwarf locked inside the device, will attest.
As the pair tour Europe and become involved in a host of picaresque adventures, barely keeping the secret as they beat all comers, they at last come unstuck when a beautiful countess dies in the presence of the Turk.
Suddenly von Kempelen, Tibor and his Turk are the objects of suspicion and the targets of persecution and espionage. And that is before more unexplained deaths further complicate matters ...
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If you liked Perfume by Patrick Süskind, then you'll love The Secrets of the Chess Machine. Löhr's magical novel of murder and intrigue in the age of enlightenment will grip you from the very first page (Harper's Bazaar)
Solid, briskly paced historical fiction (The Observer)
A wonderful romp...full of intrigue, betrayal, violence, chases, sexual tensions and unexpected encounters (The Independent)
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Solid, briskly paced historical fiction (The Observer)
A wonderful romp...full of intrigue, betrayal, violence, chases, sexual tensions and unexpected encounters (The Independent)
`If you liked Perfume by Patrick Süskind, then you'll love The Secrets of the Chess Machine. Löhr's magical novel of murder and intrigue in the age of enlightenment will grip you from the very first page' Harper's Bazaar
`A wonderful romp...full of intrigue, betrayal, violence, chases, sexual tensions and unexpected encounters...the book captures well the fears, anxieties and theological doubts the Age of Enlightenment harboured about freaks, automata and the game of chess itself' The Independent
`A racy fictional treatment of one of the biggest hoaxes of the late eighteenth century. Löhr's swashbuckling tour - complete with duelling officers and fainting Fräuleins - is as entertaining as a ride at Disneyland' The Times
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- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0141026987
- ISBN 13 9780141026985
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