Checkmate in Turkish by Mendel Hershkowitz, Hardcover
- Category
- Book / sefer
- Author
- Mendel Hershkowitz
- Publisher
- Shai Publishing
- Format
- Hardcover
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Description
The Turk dazzles thousands by defeating chess champions, including Napoleon Bonaparte and Benjamin Franklin. Its story is bound up with young Chananel, son of the Sultan's Finance Minister, Rav Tanchum, and with a Jewish community facing a blood libel. Mendel Hershkowitz's oversized 75-page hardcover comic reveals who built it.
Comics
Thousands of onlookers marvel at the brilliant moves of The Turk as it defeats dozens of chess champions from around the world, among them the brilliant Napoleon Bonaparte from France and Benjamin Franklin from America.
Who invented and created The Turk chess player?
How does this impact the difficult – but heroic – life story of little Chananel, the son of the Sultan’s Finance Minister, Rav Tanchum?
How did The Turk save a Jewish community located in a foreign land? How did it avert the danger posed by a blood libel?
Nobody was able to imitate or fathom The Turk’s brilliance.
Until…
Read all about it in the dramatic comic book Checkmate!
By Mendel Hershkowitz
Book details
| Title | Checkmate in Turkish |
|---|---|
| Author | Mendel Hershkowitz |
| Publisher | Shai Publishing |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Pages | 75 |
| Dimensions | 9.5" x 13" |
| ISBN-13 | 9781680919806 |
| Release date | March 2025 |
| Item code | C772 |
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Book details
| Category | Book / sefer |
|---|---|
| Author | Mendel Hershkowitz |
| Publisher | Shai Publishing |
| ISBN | 9781680919806 |
| Binding | Hardcover |
| Pages | 75 |
| Dimensions | 9.5" x 13" |
| SKU | C772 |
| Availability | In stock |
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