Ivory Vikings: The King, the Walrus, the Artist and the Empire That Created the World's Most Famous Chessmen by Tony Ward, Nancy Marie Brown

Ivory Vikings: The King, the Walrus, the Artist and the Empire That Created the World's Most Famous Chessmen

Tony Ward, Nancy Marie Brown

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nonfiction art history adventurous slow-paced
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In the early 1800's, on a Hebridean beach in Scotland, the sea exposed an ancient treasure cache: 93 chessmen carved from walrus ivory. Norse netsuke, each face individual, each full of quirks, the Lewis Chessmen are probably the most famous chess...

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