The Turk: The Life and Times of the Famous Eighteenth-Century Chess-Playing Machine Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

The Turk: The Life and Times of the Famous Eighteenth-Century Chess-Playing Machine Book

This is the true account of the 18th-century mechanical man, powered by clockwork, dressed in a Turkish costume, and capable of playing chess. Created by a Hungarian nobleman, the machine-man known as The Turk traveled Europe and America, made the acquaintance of Benjamin Franklin, Catherine the Great, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Edgar Allan Poe.Read More

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  • 0425190390
  • 9780425190395
  • Tom Standage
  • 1 August 2003
  • Berkley Publishing Group
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 288
  • Reissue
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