Paolo Maurensig

• Nov-1997
• / General Fiction
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"Not since White Knights of Reykjavik, George Steiner's riveting account of the 1972 world championship match between Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer, has a writer demonstrated such stunning insight into the nurturing madness that compels chess play ...

• Nov-1998
• / General Fiction
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A beautiful, oddly carved violin becomes the link between two generations of musicians, as they move from Hungary during the devastation of World War I, to Vienna and the approaching Anschluss, to a modern-day auction at Christie's in London...

• Jan-2018
• / Historical
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The strange circumstances surrounding the death of the world chess champion and alleged Nazi collaborator Alexander Alekhine, as investigated by a literary grand master On the morning of March 24, 1946, the world chess champion Alexander Alekhine�...

• May-2019
• / Literary
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"A Devil Comes to Town is a brilliant form of torture...a huge amount of fun." -- Lisa Grgas for The Literary ReviewA small Swiss village full of aspiring writers + The devil in the form of a hot-shot publisher = An international bestselle...

• Jan-2021
• / Psychological Suspense
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“Italian novelist Maurensig spins an intriguing historical narrative of Indian chess master Malik Mir Sultan Khan (1903�"1966)...Maurensig’s tragic tale of genius and destiny duly salvages a forgotten hero.” -- Publishers WeeklyIn 1930s Briti...