February 2019 meetup: The Tournament By Matthew Reilly

We will be discussing The Tournament by Matthew Reilly
This will be the group's 76th meetup!

A voluntary contribution of £1 is requested from all attending each meetup as MeetUp.com currently charges £55 every six months for the Group to hosted on Meetup.com).

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Our new venue is The Perini & Perini Bar (private venue situated under Ponti's Italian Kitchen, 5-7 John Prince St (entrance on Great Castle St), London W1G 0JN. This is 2 minutes walk from Oxford Circus tube station and just south of the BBC. To get to the venue from Oxford Circus tube walk northwards up Regent St and take the first on the left which is Great Castle St. You will then see Ponti's Italian Kitchen on your left hand side).

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ABOUT "THE TOURNAMENT".
(as per description from Amazon)

From global superstar Matthew Reilly comes a gripping historical thriller; a tale of murder, passion and intrigue set in the majestic city of Constantinople.

England, 1546. A young Princess Elizabeth is in a dangerous position as her older siblings jostle for the throne.

Roger Ascham, Elizabeth's teacher and mentor, is determined to keep her safe. So when he receives an unusual invitation from the Sultan in Constantinople, asking him to take part in the greatest chess tournament the world has ever seen, he resolves to take the princess with him.

But death stalks the streets of the glittering Ottoman capital - a cardinal has been found mutilated. Ascham is asked to investigate, but as he and Elizabeth delve deeper, they uncover a secret that marks the young Princess for life. And a darkness that defines the queen she will become.