{"product_id":"the-tournament-9781476749563","title":"The Tournament","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A complete success...action fans and PBS types can share their enthusiasm\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist, \u003c\/i\u003estarred review) when a young Queen Elizabeth I is thrust into a gripping game of deception and lust at the height of the Ottoman Empire in this edge-of-your-seat historical thriller from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Great Zoo of China\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTemple\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe year is 1546, and Suleiman the Magnificent, the feared Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, issues an invitation to every king in Europe: \u003ci\u003eYou are invited to send your finest player to compete in a chess tournament to determine the champion of the known world.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThousands converge on Constantinople, including the English court's champion and his guide, the esteemed scholar Roger Ascham. Seeing a chance to enlighten the mind of a student, Ascham brings along Elizabeth Tudor, a brilliant young woman not yet consumed by royal duties in Henry VIII's court. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYet on the opening night of the tournament, a powerful guest of the Sultan is murdered. Soon, barbaric deaths, diplomatic corruption, and unimaginable depravity--sexual and otherwise--unfold before Elizabeth's and Ascham's eyes. The pair soon realizes that the real chess game is being played within the court itself...and its most treacherous element is that a stranger in a strange land is only as safe as her host is gracious.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gallery Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/29\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476749563\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.20w x 0.90d","brand":"Matthew Reilly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42095644278965,"sku":"9781476749563","price":17.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_33f09e6a-e1b6-4e42-9307-00df05d952d3.jpg?v=1651588623","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-tournament-9781476749563","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}