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The Secrets of the Chess Machine by Robert Lohr
28.00 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction
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 invol ...Show more
The Secrets of the Chess Machine by Robert Lohr
37.00 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction
Vienna 1770 - Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen unveils a strange and amazing invention, the Mechanical Turk, a sensational and unbeatable chess-playing automaton. But what the Habsburg court hails as the greatest innovation of the century is really nothing more than a brilliant illusion.The chess machine is ...Show more
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