The Secrets of the Chess Machine
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In Vienna 1770, Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen unveils a strange invention, The Mechanical Turk, a chess-playing automaton. The crowds adore the Turk, and the success of Baron von Kempelen seems assured. But, when a beautiful Countess dies under mysterious circumstances in the presence of the automaton, the Turk falls under a cloud of suspicion.
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The Secrets of the Chess Machine, Robert Löhr
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- 2008
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- Title
- The Secrets of the Chess Machine
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Robert Löhr
- Publisher
- Penguin UK
- Released
- 2008
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0141026987
- ISBN13
- 9780141026985
- Category
- Adventure fiction
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- In Vienna 1770, Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen unveils a strange invention, The Mechanical Turk, a chess-playing automaton. The crowds adore the Turk, and the success of Baron von Kempelen seems assured. But, when a beautiful Countess dies under mysterious circumstances in the presence of the automaton, the Turk falls under a cloud of suspicion.