Hartston, William <br/><br/>
A brief history of puzzles :  baffling brainteasers from the sphinx to Sudoku / 
William Hartston 
 - London  Atlantic Books  2019 
 - 151 p. 
<br/><br/> From ancient riddles to modern Sudoku, people have been fascinated by puzzles. Whether they are seen as a glorious waste of time, a harmless way to spend a train journey or a valuable way of exercising the mind, the lure of puzzles has been irresistible. By using over a hundred examples of the most mindbending, the most challenging, the most satisfying, or simply the most humorous of puzzles throughout the ages, William Hearthstone traces the development of brainteasers of all varieties and the increasing ingenuity of puzzle setters from ancient civilisations to modern puzzle crazes. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781786494269 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Puzzles
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>793.7309 HAR-W