In the aftermath of the "creation" of an automated chess-playing machine that is secretly operated from within by an outcast Italian dwarf, Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen dazzles the public throughout the course of a sensational tour, until the mysterious death of a seductive countess places the machine under suspicion.
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Robert Lšhr was born in Berlin and grew up there and in Bremen and Santa Barbara, California. He trained as a journalist at the Berlin School of Journalism, then worked for Sat. 1 news and for the Berlin daily paper Der Tagesspiegel, Berliner Zeitung, Neue Zeit, and Taz, and finally as a correspondent for The Washington Post. After many years writing screenplays, musicals, plays, and short stories, Lšhr decided to try his hand at a novel. The Chess Machine is his first.
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Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. In 1770, Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen introduces Vienna to the Mechanical Turk?an unbeatable chess-playing automaton that, unbeknownst to an astonished Europe, is in fact nothing more than an illusion. The Turk is actually operated from within by a God-fearing dwarf named Tibor, whose chess-playing abilities and diminutive size make him the perfect accomplice in this grand hoax. But when a seductive countess dies under mysterious circumstances in the presence of the Turk, the machine and its inventor become the target of espionage, persecution, and intrigue. Based on a true story, this celebrated debut is a daring piece of storytelling, brimming with lust, scandal, and deception. Codice articolo CIN1594201269VG
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