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Marilyn Yalom

Birth of the Chess Queen

A History

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Marilyn Yalom has written the rare book that illuminates something that always has been dimly perceived but never articulated, in this case that that the power of the chess queen reflects the evolution of female power in the western world.” —Cleveland Plain DealerEveryone knows that the queen is the most dominant piece in chess, but few people know that the game existed for five hundred years without her. It wasn't until chess became a popular pastime for European royals during the Middle Ages that the queen was born and was gradually empowered to become the king's fierce warrior and protector.Birth of the Chess Queen examines the five centur… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-06-191342-6
  • EAN: 9780061913426
  • Produktnummer: 29230666
  • Verlag: Harpercollins E-Books
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
  • Seitenangabe: 320 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 0 KB

Über den Autor


Marilyn Yalom was a former professor of French and a senior scholar at the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University. She was the author of widely acclaimed books such as A History of the Breast, A History of the Wife, Birth of the Chess Queen, and, most recently, How the French Invented Love. She lived in Palo Alto, California, with her husband, psychiatrist and author Irvin D. Yalom.

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