Birth of the chess queen : a history / Marilyn Yalom.
Yalom, Marilyn.
2004
GV1451.5.Q43 Y35 2004 (Mapit)
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Title Birth of the chess queen : a history / Marilyn Yalom.
Author Yalom, Marilyn.
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 0060090642
Imprint New York : Harper Collins Publishers, c2004.
Language English
Description xxiii, 272 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.
Call Number GV1451.5.Q43 Y35 2004
Dewey Decimal Classification 794.1/46
Summary "[Examines] the politics and culture of medieval Europe, the institution of queenship, and the reflections of royal power in the figure of the chess queen"--p. [3] of jacket.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-256) and index.
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