{"product_id":"the-tournament","title":"The Tournament","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“A complete success…action fans and PBS types can share their enthusiasm” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBooklist,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebestselling author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Great Zoo of China\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTemple\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe year is 1546, and Suleiman the Magnificent, the feared Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, issues an invitation to every king in Europe: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eYou are invited to send your finest player to compete in a chess tournament to determine the champion of the known world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fiction","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46207844712660,"sku":"","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/2431\/3812\/files\/81xittSfaxL._SL1500.jpg?v=1744277231","url":"https:\/\/bluebooks.ae\/products\/the-tournament","provider":"Blue Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}