The Royal Game
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The Royal Game

A Chess Story

Stefan Zweig, Alexander Starritt

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The Royal Game

A Chess Story

Stefan Zweig, Alexander Starritt

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THE CLASSIC INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

A new edition of this classic Zweig story - an epic chess match on a translatlantic liner during WW2 unearths a story of persecution and obsession

On the deck of a transatlantic ocean liner, a crowd of passengers gathers to watch reigning chess world champion Mirko Czentovic take on a series of amateur challengers. The haughty grandmaster dispatches all of his opponents with ease, until one Dr B steps forward from the crowd - a passionate lover of the royal game who still bears the mental scars of imprisonment by the Nazis in his native Austria. The enigmatic genius reluctantly agrees to challenge Czentovic, but at what cost to his sanity?

Written during the Second World War, The Royal Game was the great Stefan Zweig's final work - a searing, suspenseful tale of psychological torment and the price of obsession.

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Publisher
Pushkin Press
Year
2021
ISBN
9781782278276
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Classics
Index
Literature

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