by Robert Löhr · Grijalbo Mondadori · tapa dura · ISBN 9788425340826
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«La máquina de ajedrez» is the historical novel by Robert Löhr, published by Grijalbo Mondadori in hardback (416 pages, in Spanish).
Set in eighteenth-century Vienna, the novel starts from a real episode: the presentation at Schönbrunn Palace of an automaton that plays chess. The invention, a great Turk with blue eyes, hides a secret shared only by its creator, the engineer Kempelen, and his carpenter assistant, and arouses envy and intrigue at court.
The Spanish translation is by Lluís Miralles de Imperial from the original title «Der Schachautomat». The novel belongs to the Grijalbo historical novel collection.
A read for those seeking historical fiction with mystery and courtly intrigue in eighteenth-century Europe.
Robert Löhr is a German novelist and screenwriter. He is best known for his novel Der Schachautomat, translated into English by Anthea Bell as The Chess Machine.. His work has been largely collected by libraries.
