The Oxford Guide to Card Games by David Parlett

The Oxford Guide to Card Games

David Parlett

408 pages first pub 1990 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous informative slow-paced
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Imported from the Mamluks of Egypt, card games first hit Europe around 1371 and within ten years had spread like wildfire from Spain and Italy to France and Germany. By 1420, German and Swiss cardmakers were producing packs by the thousands (first...

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