Join acclaimed author Nancy Marie Brown as she discusses her new book Ivory Vikings: The Mystery of the Most Famous Chessmen in the World and the Woman Who Made Them on Sunday, November 13 from 3-4pm. This is a richly imagined journey to the Viking world that created the Lewis chessmen, "the most important chess pieces in history" according to the New York Times.

About the Book: In the early 1800's, on a Hebridean beach in Scotland, the sea exposed an ancient treasure cache: 93 chessmen carved from walrus ivory. Norse netsuke, each face individual, each full of quirks, the Lewis Chessmen are probably the most famous chess pieces in the world. Harry played Wizard's Chess with them in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Housed at the British Museum, they are among its most visited and beloved objects.