Kingkill
Subtitle: a novel
By: by Thomas Gavin.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 1977
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 398
Subjects: Schlumberger, William -- Fiction.; Mälzel, Johann Nepomuk, 1772-1838 -- Fiction.
Description: This is a powerfully written historical novel, a classic study in human obsessions. It is the story of three men and one woman bound together in a destructive web of hatred and love. Based on historical fact, it revolves around a remarkable hoax pulled off by a Viennese confidence man who came to America in 1826 with an automaton chess player which he called "The Turk."