The Knight of New Orleans, The Pride and the Sorrow of Paul Morphy, A Novel by Matt Fullerty

Novels by Matt Fullerty

The Knight of New Orleans The Murderess and the Hangman American Con Artist

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The Knight of New Orleans
(UK, US and ebook editions)

Hardback
28 September 2011

Paperback
1 February 2012

Kindle, Nook, iPad
7 August 2012

THE KNIGHT OF NEW ORLEANS (USD)

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The Murderess and the Hangman

(US, UK and ebook editions)

Hardback
28 February 2012

Paperback
1 September 2012

Kindle, Nook, iPad
7 October 2012

THE MURDERESS AND THE HANGMAN (USD)

THE MURDERESS AND THE HANGMAN (GBP)

THE MURDERESS AND THE HANGMAN (EUR)

American X Trilogy

(US, UK and ebook editions)

Hardback
28 October 2012

Paperback
1 May 2013

Kindle, Nook, iPad
7 August 2013

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Reviews of The Knight of New Orleans

“Paul Morphy’s tragic story echoes Dostoevsky’s The Idiot and Winston Groom’s Forrest Gump—it is more than an overlooked chess story, it is a quintessential American tale, here told by Fullerty with Morphy’s own combination of skill, insight, innovation, and passion.”

J. C. Hallman, author of The Chess Artist

“What made Matt Fullerty’s writing stand out, from the very first sentence, was an unusually strong and individual way with words. Taking us into the vanished world of old America and Europe he uses a highly textured language to give an almost physical experience of being in that place and time.

Drawing subtle lines between a society top-heavy with leisure and the profligate genius it produced in Morphy, he holds back the historical and personal reckoning while letting it gather and brood like the storm that finally washes away New Orleans.

In my view this makes The Knight of New Orleans a stand-out all rounder in the craft of literary fiction.”

Geoff Cush, Bookhabit Award judge; author of God Help the Queen and Son of France

The Murderess and the Hangman (Matt Fullerty's second novel)

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For Matt Fullerty's second novel, The Murderess and the Hangman, please see The Murderess and the Hangman.

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Reviews of The Knight of New Orleans

“From the facts of Morphy’s life, novelist Matt Fullerty has imagined a rich and speculative tale. The Knight of New Orleans enters the psyche of a sensitive young artist developing his gift amidst judges and gin runners, generals and call girls. Even the pirate Jean Lafitte (himself a study in the tension between fame and honor) makes an appearance.

Morphy’s ascent was meteoric; his downfall was appalling and total. Yet, he will be remembered for as long as chess is played. All of which makes it hard to place him with regard to another of Schopenhauer’s pronouncements: “The longer a man's fame is likely to last, the longer it will be in coming.” The Knight of New Orleans takes that fame in new and unexpected directions.”

Macon Shibut, Three-Time Virginia State Chess Champion (1993, 1999, 2002)

“Matt Fullerty has made an important contribution to the genre of ‘historical chess fiction.’ A must for anyone with a passion for history or chess.”

Tom Robertson, author of Napoleon Vs The Turk

“Matt Fullerty spins a vivid and atmospheric tale around a key figure in chess history.”

Tom Standage, author of The Turk

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The Murderess and the Hangman (Matt Fullerty's second novel)

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