John Eidinow: 2 books
Bobby Fischer Goes to War
How the Soviets Lost the Most Extraordinary Chess Match of All Time
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2011
In the summer of 1972, with a presidential crisis stirring in the United States and the cold war at a pivotal point, two men—the Soviet world chess champion Boris Spassky and his American challenger Bobby Fischer—met in the most notorious chess match of all time. Their showdown in Reykjavik, Iceland,...
Rousseau's Dog
Two Great Thinkers At War in the Age of Enlightenment
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
In 1766 philosopher, novelist, composer, and political provocateur Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a fugitive, decried by his enemies as a dangerous madman. Meanwhile David Hume—now recognized as the foremost philosopher in the English language—was being universally lauded as a paragon of decency. And...