Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 19:54:30 03/17/05
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On March 17, 2005 at 22:32:20, Fernando Villegas wrote: >You should get "The Turk", by Tom Standage. GREAT Reading, sir. > >Ferdinan, duke. (Lost my kingdom) This book is much better "The Turk, Chess Automaton" by Gerald M. Levitt ...sometimes you find it for $20-$30 on Ebay. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0786407786/qid=1111117703/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/102-1795692-1938512?v=glance&s=books Levitt performed the research with primary sources , and then Standage uses the Levitt book as his source ...you gotta love it.
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