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Summary
Over 50 of the world's most famous and fascinating patience and solitaire games. From simple to more challenging games that will keep you engrossed for hours. Clear instructions explain the rules, tactics and terminology of each game. Book jacket.
Author Biography
Peter Arnold has written over 40 books on football, cricket, boxing, gambling, snooker and darts. He was co-author on the successful The Complete Book of Card Games and general editor on The Official Rules of Sports and Games. He lives in London and Spain.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 6 |
| Single-pack Games | |
| Accordion | p. 7 |
| Agnes | p. 8 |
| Baker's dozen | p. 10 |
| Beleaguered castle | p. 12 |
| Belvedere | p. 14 |
| Bisley | p. 16 |
| Block eleven | p. 18 |
| Calculation | p. 19 |
| Captive queens | p. 20 |
| The carpet | p. 22 |
| Clock | p. 23 |
| Cribbage patience | p. 24 |
| Crossword | p. 26 |
| Demon | p. 27 |
| Eagle wings | p. 28 |
| Easy go | p. 29 |
| Eight off | p. 30 |
| Florentine | p. 32 |
| Flower garden | p. 33 |
| Fortune | p. 35 |
| Golf | p. 36 |
| Grandfather's clock | p. 38 |
| King Albert | p. 40 |
| Klondike | p. 42 |
| La belle Lucie | p. 44 |
| Labyrinth | p. 46 |
| Little spider | p. 48 |
| Martha | p. 50 |
| Maze | p. 52 |
| Monte Carlo | p. 54 |
| Puss in the corner | p. 56 |
| Pyramid | p. 57 |
| Raglan | p. 58 |
| Scorpion | p. 60 |
| Simple Simon | p. 62 |
| Sir Tommy | p. 64 |
| Six by six | p. 65 |
| Stone-wall | p. 66 |
| Three blind mice | p. 68 |
| Tower of Hanoy | p. 70 |
| Vacancies | p. 72 |
| Westcliff | p. 74 |
| Double-pack Games | |
| Above and below | p. 76 |
| Alhambra | p. 77 |
| Alternation | p. 78 |
| Babette | p. 80 |
| Big Bertha | p. 82 |
| British square | p. 84 |
| Capricious | p. 86 |
| Colorado | p. 88 |
| Congress | p. 90 |
| Corner stones | p. 92 |
| Cromwell | p. 94 |
| Diamond | p. 96 |
| Diavolo | p. 98 |
| Dieppe | p. 100 |
| Diplomat | p. 102 |
| Display | p. 103 |
| Dog | p. 104 |
| Eight by eight | p. 106 |
| The Emperor | p. 108 |
| Fandango | p. 110 |
| Four square | p. 112 |
| Fourteens | p. 114 |
| Half moon | p. 116 |
| Heads and tails | p. 117 |
| Heap | p. 118 |
| Indian carpet | p. 120 |
| Kings' way | p. 122 |
| Lady Palk | p. 124 |
| Le cadran | p. 126 |
| Le chateau | p. 127 |
| Limited | p. 128 |
| Matrimony | p. 130 |
| Miss Milligan | p. 132 |
| Mount Olympus | p. 134 |
| Mrs Mop | p. 136 |
| Napoleon's square | p. 138 |
| Paganini | p. 139 |
| Parallels | p. 142 |
| Parisian | p. 143 |
| Pendant | p. 144 |
| Persian | p. 146 |
| Plait | p. 148 |
| Reversi | p. 150 |
| Robin Post | p. 151 |
| Royal cotillion | p. 154 |
| Royal parade | p. 156 |
| Royal rendezvous | p. 157 |
| Saint George | p. 158 |
| Saint Helena | p. 160 |
| Salic Law | p. 162 |
| Shah | p. 164 |
| Sly fox | p. 166 |
| Spider | p. 168 |
| Sultan | p. 170 |
| Switchback | p. 171 |
| Terrace | p. 172 |
| Windmill | p. 174 |
| Glossary | p. 175 |
| Index | p. 176 |
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