The Serpent
by:
Claire North (author)
In seventeenth century Venice exists a mysterious establishment known only as the Gameshouse. There, fortunes are made and fortunes are broken over games of chess, backgammon and every other game under the sun.But those whom fortune favours may be invited to compete in the higher league . . . a...
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In seventeenth century Venice exists a mysterious establishment known only as the Gameshouse. There, fortunes are made and fortunes are broken over games of chess, backgammon and every other game under the sun.But those whom fortune favours may be invited to compete in the higher league . . . a league where the games played are of politics and empires, of economics and kin
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Format: Kindle Edition
ASIN: B00XUDPG6M
Publisher: Orbit
Edition language: English
This was one of the oddest things I've read in a long time. Deliciously odd. Fantastically odd. Gorgeously odd. I'm sure there's a term for the way in which this novella was written. Second person POV? Not really. Actually, what it felt like was a storyteller escorting me, the reader, arou...
8 years ago
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