The Queen's Gambit: A Leonardo da Vinci Mystery - Hardcover

Stuckart, Diane A. S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0425219232 ISBN 13: 9780425219232

Publisher: Berkley Hardcover, 2008

Synopsis

Engineering a living chess game consisting of members of the royal court for Ludovico Sforza, the Duke of Milan, Leonardo da Vinci's triumph is marred by the murder of one of the chess "pieces," the duke's ambassador to France, and finds himself caught up in a maze of court politics and intrigue when he and his young apprentice Dino are asked by the duke to investigate the crime.

About this title

About the Author:

Diane A. S. Stuckart has put her degree in Journalism from the University of Oklahoma to use as a yoga teacher, biker chick, purchasing agent, farm girl, and martial artist.

From Publishers Weekly:

Starred Review. Leonardo da Vinci, the epitome of the Renaissance man, turns to solving mysteries in Stuckart's impressive debut. Ludovico Sforza, the duke of Milan, asks Leonardo to organize an elaborate live chess game to settle a dispute between the duke and the French ambassador to Milan. All goes well until the duke's ambassador to France, who was playing a white bishop, is found murdered by the duke's knife. Fearing severe political repercussions and possible threats from within the court, the paranoid duke commands Leonardo, one of the few outsiders he trusts, to investigate. The mystery unfolds with vivid details of 15th-century Milanese royal life, the political intrigues of the time and the elaborate preparations for Leonardo's frescos. Narrated by Dino, an apprentice who serves as a rather excitable Watson to Leonardo's coolly analytical Holmes, the mesmerizing plot moves swiftly to a dramatic conclusion that will leave readers eagerly awaiting the next volume. (Jan.)
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About this edition

• Publisher: Berkley Hardcover
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0425219232
• ISBN 13: 9780425219232
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 336