![]() The two are close and their tender relationship is one of respect and patience. We see her learn the rules of the game as she accompanies her father to play chess in the park. In this tale, we follow Sophie Peshka, a brilliantly clever child who has inherited the love of chess from her father. It’s a fascinating idea for a story, and one that is delivered through the safe hands of Peter Bunzl (author of the Cogheart series) in this new Barrington Stoke title. Baffling its audiences for over eighty years, before being lost in a fire, it was finally discovered that it was in fact an elaborate hoax someone could fit inside the chess table and would operate the Turk’s hands. ![]() I recently heard about an automaton called The Mechanical Turk – an 18th century chess ‘machine’ that impressed its audiences by beating great chess players. ![]() ![]() When her grandmaster father is imprisoned in the dungeons of St Petersburg, Sophie plans to help him escape through an incredible chess-playing automaton called the Clockwork Queen.īut will she be able to outwit the Empress herself? A page-turning historical adventure from Cogheart author Peter Bunzl. ![]()
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