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The Tournament - by Matthew Reilly (Paperback)

The Tournament - by  Matthew Reilly (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>"A complete success...action fans and PBS types can share their enthusiasm" (<i>Booklist, </i>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 <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of <i>The Great Zoo of China</i> and <i>Temple</i>.</b> <p/>The year is 1546, and Suleiman the Magnificent, the feared Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, issues an invitation to every king in Europe: <i>You are invited to send your finest player to compete in a chess tournament to determine the champion of the known world.</i> <p/>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. <p/>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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