TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gelernter, J. H.
TI  - Captain Grey's Gambit: a novel 
SN  - 9780393867060
U1  - 813.6 
PY  - 2022///
CY  - New York
PB  - W W norton & company
KW  - Defectors France Fiction
KW  - Chess Fiction
KW  - Action and adventure fiction
N2  - It's December 180, and a French invasion fleet is poised to cross the Channel and storm the beaches of southern England. A member of Napoleon's inner circle--disaffected by Napoleon's creeping tyranny--contacts the British naval intelligence service in hopes of defecting to London. His escape plan calls for a rendezvous at an international chess tournament in Frankfurt--a rare opportunity for him to travel outside France. Naval intelligence sends its top man--and best chess player--Captain Thomas Grey, to orchestrate the Frenchman's escape to England. But Grey's mission changes dramatically when the defector demands that his pro-Napoleon daughter come with him--expecting Grey to act not just as escort but kidnapper
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