{"product_id":"bridge-and-the-victorians-9781771402682","title":"Bridge and the Victorians","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Greatest Bridge Match Ever Played? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreat Britain has given the world many great games - football, cricket, tennis, golf, shove ha'penny, etc - and the world has repaid them by playing them better than the Britons and winning all the shiny baubles ever since. The same is true with bridge but there was a time, in the mid-nineteenth century, when English bridge players, especially women, were the finest in the world. The Great Exhibition of 1851 (in London's Hyde Park) hosted a tournament that featured dazzling cardplay on almost every board and brilliance not seen before or since. Here, for the first time, you have the chance to enjoy those deals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNick Smith's books are famous for including the toughest single-dummy problems in the history of bridge. If you solve even a couple of these, you are a future international player.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Master Point Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/09\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771402682\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.43d","brand":"Nick Smith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45169476731061,"sku":"9781771402682","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_7f99103c-a41e-4bd3-adc9-b7c918815032.jpg?v=1741703248","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/bridge-and-the-victorians-9781771402682","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}