Birth of the Chess Queen - by Marilyn Yalom (Paperback)

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About the Book They say that behind (or in this case beside) every great man lies a great(er) woman, but this was not always so in the game of chess. Book Synopsis "Marilyn Yalom has written the rare book that illuminates something that always has been dimly perceived but never articulated, in this case that that the power of the chess queen reflects the evolution of female power in the western world." --Cleveland Plain Dealer Everyone knows that the queen is the most dominant piece in chess, but few people know that the game existed for five hundred years without her. It wasn't until chess became a popular pastime for European royals during the Middle Ages that the queen was born and was g…