Birth of the Chess Queen
Subtitle: A History
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: April 26, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780060090654
Subjects: Women's Studies - History; History: World; Chess; History Of Women (General); History; Games / Gamebooks / Crosswords; Women's Studies - General; Chess - General; History / General; General; Queen (Chess); Queens
First sentence: Though historians still debate the exact origins of chess, most agree that it emerged in India no later than the sixth century.