{"product_id":"bridge-and-the-victorians-paperback","title":"Bridge and the Victorians - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNick Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Greatest Bridge Match Ever Played? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreat Britain has given the world many great games - football, cricket, tennis, golf, shove ha'penny, etc - and the world has repaid them by playing them better than the Britons and winning all the shiny baubles ever since. The same is true with bridge but there was a time, in the mid-nineteenth century, when English bridge players, especially women, were the finest in the world. The Great Exhibition of 1851 (in London's Hyde Park) hosted a tournament that featured dazzling cardplay on almost every board and brilliance not seen before or since. Here, for the first time, you have the chance to enjoy those deals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNick Smith's books are famous for including the toughest single-dummy problems in the history of bridge. If you solve even a couple of these, you are a future international player.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 204\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.43 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 09, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42733927432255,"sku":"9781771402682","price":27.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/9e3adb8ceed9cce095e7ee0fd9330352.webp?v=1765137995","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/bridge-and-the-victorians-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}