â€œA complete successâ€¦action fans and PBS types can share their enthusiasmâ€ (Booklist, starred review) when a young Queen Elizabeth I is thrust into a gripping game of

The Tournament

â€œA complete successâ€¦action fans and PBS types can share their enthusiasmâ€ (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 courtâ€™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 VIIIâ€™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 depravityâ€”sexual and otherwiseâ€”unfold before Elizabethâ€™s and Aschamâ€™s eyes. The pair soon realizes that the real chess game is being played within the court itselfâ€¦and its most treacherous element is that a stranger in a strange land is only as safe as her host is gracious.
Country USA
Brand Gallery Books
Manufacturer Gallery Books
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber illustrations
ReleaseDate 2015-07-21
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781476749549

Country	USA
Brand	Gallery Books
Manufacturer	Gallery Books
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	illustrations
ReleaseDate	2015-07-21
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781476749549

The Tournament

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