sophronisba 's review for:

Ivory Vikings: The Mystery of the Most Famous Chessmen in the World and the Woman Who Made Them: The Mystery of the Most Famous Chessmen in the World by Nancy Marie Brown

3.5

reflective medium-paced

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I like the idea of this book a lot, and the chess pieces themselves are interesting, but I thought that Brown was really straining to connect the story of the chess pieces to the larger history, and the book often felt disjointed as a result.