ISBN: | 9781742614281 |
Publisher: | Pan |
Published: | 1 May, 2015 |
Format: | Paperback |
Language: | English |
Links | Pan Macmillan |
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THE EVENTIn the year 1546, Suleiman the Magnificent, the feared Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, invites every king in Europe to send a champion to compete in a grand chess tournament.THE COMPETITORSThe English delegation, led by esteemed scholar Roger Ascham and accompanied by his pupil, Bess, journeys to the glittering city of Constantinople.THE IMPACT ON A YOUNG GIRLIt is not a battle of wits that unfolds before Bess' eyes but barbaric deaths, unimaginable depravity and diplomatic treachery - a terrifying sequence of events that will forever determine how she will perform her future roll...as Queen Elizabeth I.EVEN A PAWN CAN BECOME A QUEEN
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