---
product_id: 46774956
title: "Curiosity"
brand: "gary blackwood"
price: "£11.55"
currency: GBP
in_stock: true
category: "Paperback"
url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/46774956-curiosity
store_origin: GB
region: United Kingdom
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# Curiosity

**Brand:** gary blackwood
**Price:** £11.55
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** Curiosity by gary blackwood
- **How much does it cost?** £11.55 with free shipping
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## Description

Intrigue, danger, chess, and a real-life hoax combine in this historical novel from the author of The Shakespeare StealerPhiladelphia, PA, 1835. Rufus, a twelve-year-old chess prodigy, is recruited by a shady showman named Maelzel to secretly operate a mechanical chess player called the Turk. The Turk wows ticket-paying audience members and players, who do not realize that Rufus, the true chess master, is hidden inside the contraption. But Rufus’s job working the automaton must be kept secret, and he fears he may never be able to escape his unscrupulous master. And what has happened to the previous operators of the Turk, who seem to disappear as soon as Maelzel no longer needs them? Creeping suspense, plenty of mystery, and cameos from Edgar Allan Poe and P. T. Barnum mark Gary Blackwood’s triumphant return to middle grade fiction.

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- Curiosity

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*Last updated: 2026-05-22*