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“A fascinating tale of discovery and mystery.” ―The Minneapolis Star TribuneIn the early 1800's, on a Hebridean beach in Scotland, the sea exposed an ancient treasure cache: 93 chessmen carved from walrus ivory. The Lewis Chessmen are probably the most famous chess pieces in the world. Harry played Wizard's Chess with them in Harry Potter and the S...

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GENERIC
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Ivory Vikings: The Mystery of the Most Famous Chessmen in the World and the Woman Who Made Them
Editeur
St. Martin's Griffin
Type de produit
Paperback
Présentation du livre
Paperback
Release date
9/6/2016 12:00:00 AM
Langue d'origine
English
ISBN
1250108594
Dimensions
5.5 x 0.72 x 8.25 inches
Nombre de pages de livre
288 pages
Langue - Librairie
English
Résumé
“A fascinating tale of discovery and mystery.” ―The Minneapolis Star TribuneIn the early 1800's, on a Hebridean beach in Scotland, the sea exposed an ancient treasure cache: 93 chessmen carved from walrus ivory. The Lewis Chessmen are probably the most famous chess pieces in the world. Harry played Wizard's Chess with them in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Housed at the British Museum, they are among its most visited and beloved objects.Questions abounded: Who carved them? Where? Nancy Marie Brown's Ivory Vikings explores these mysteries by connecting medieval Icelandic sagas with modern archaeology, art history, forensics, and the history of board games. In the process, Ivory Vikings presents a vivid history of the 400 years when the Vikings ruled the North Atlantic, and the sea-road connected countries and islands we think of as far apart and culturally distinct: Norway and Scotland, Ireland and Iceland, and Greenland and North America. The story of the Lewis chessmen brings from the shadows an extraordinarily talented woman artist of the twelfth century: Margret the Adroit of Iceland. Read more
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Nancy Marie Brown
Date de parution
9/6/2016 12:00:00 AM