The Chess Players Author:Frances Parkinson Keyes A Novel of New Orleans and Paris. — Not only does Paul Morphy, whose well deserved fame has unfortunately hitherto been obscured by time, emerge as a vital and appealing figure in these pages; we see such great Civil War leaders as Beauregard, Benjamin, and Slidell together with their families, in their human relation to him as life-long friends ... more »and dramatic associates. Mrs. Keyes has woven fact and fiction together in a fascinating pattern, to bring these events and their underlying intrigues vividly before us.« less