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September 01, 2015

“I am eager to play chess – I have mastered nine skills”

September 01, 2015/ Steve Donoghue

At the beginning of the 19th century, a small trove of elaboratedly carved chess pieces was uncovered on a remote beach - a lively new book traces the history and strange charisma of the Lewis chessmen.

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Book Review, Ivory Vikings, Ivory Vikings:The Mystery of the Most Famous Chessmen in the World and the Woman, Nancy Marie Brown, OLM, Open Letters Monthly, September 2015, Steve Donoghue
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