| Synopsis: The author of 
    the cult bridge classic, Samurai Bridge, returns with another bridge novel, 
    this time set in 17th century France. Through the medium of fictional bridge 
    games, we see the politics and intrigue of the French court play out, and 
    follow Cardinal Richelieu's career as he becomes the queen's confidant and 
    the real power behind the throne. Again in MacKinnon's second novel, the 
    bridge is deftly woven into the everyday life of the culture we are 
    observing, so that it seems to take its natural place in the development of 
    character and events. Nobles rise and fall in court favor, fortunes are made 
    and lost, and life and death affairs are planned and executed, all between 
    the bids and plays of the most deadly and mannered bridge games imaginable
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