The Game Of Kings: The Lymond Chronicles Book One
Feb 1999 · The Lymond Chronicles Book 1 · Penguin UK
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Discover the compelling and addictive adventure from one of the nation's favourite historical writers, perfect for fans of Game of Thrones
'A brilliant storyteller, The Lymond Chronicles will keep you reading late into the night' The Times Literary Supplement
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'I despised men who accepted their fate. I shaped mine twenty times and had it broken twenty times in my hands'
1547. After five years imprisonment and exile far from his homeland, Francis Crawford of Lymond - scholar, soldier, rebel, nobleman, outlaw - returns to Edinburgh.
But for many in an already divided Scotland, where conspiracies swarm around the infant Queen Mary, he is not welcome.
Lymond is wanted for treason and murder, and he is accompanied by a band of killers and ruffians who will only bring further violence and strife.
Is he back to foment rebellion?
Does he seek revenge on those who banished him?
Or has he returned to clear his name?
No one but the enigmatic Lymond himself knows the truth - and no one will discover it until he is ready . . .
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'A storyteller who could teach Scheherazade a thing or two about pace, suspense and imaginative invention' New York Times
'Melodrama of the most magnificent kind' Guardian
VOTED ONE OF BRITAIN'S FAVOURITE HISTORICAL NOVELS
'A brilliant storyteller, The Lymond Chronicles will keep you reading late into the night' The Times Literary Supplement
________
'I despised men who accepted their fate. I shaped mine twenty times and had it broken twenty times in my hands'
1547. After five years imprisonment and exile far from his homeland, Francis Crawford of Lymond - scholar, soldier, rebel, nobleman, outlaw - returns to Edinburgh.
But for many in an already divided Scotland, where conspiracies swarm around the infant Queen Mary, he is not welcome.
Lymond is wanted for treason and murder, and he is accompanied by a band of killers and ruffians who will only bring further violence and strife.
Is he back to foment rebellion?
Does he seek revenge on those who banished him?
Or has he returned to clear his name?
No one but the enigmatic Lymond himself knows the truth - and no one will discover it until he is ready . . .
________
'A storyteller who could teach Scheherazade a thing or two about pace, suspense and imaginative invention' New York Times
'Melodrama of the most magnificent kind' Guardian
VOTED ONE OF BRITAIN'S FAVOURITE HISTORICAL NOVELS
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Victoria Gill
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March 6, 2016
Dunnett's voice, spoken through her character, Lymond, has rung true to me for 10 years, as a true and honest interpretation of patriotism. The people of America, currently fueling Trump, should have a read. Beautiful book, full of laughter, history, drama and family.
Ann Stephenson
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December 24, 2014
Lymond is an acquired taste, but once you acquire it you can't get enough. The first time I tried to read this, I couldn't get into it. Then I picked it up again a few months later and was hooked. Don't try to understand and analyze every word, just go with the rhythm of it. Especially the first time you read it... Because you will read it more than once! Lady Dunnett was a genius, so don't feel bad if you can't keep up with her brilliant mind at first!
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Janet Morley
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December 26, 2016
Read the whole series over and over and the books are falling apart. Time to download them
About the author
Frequently described as the finest historical fiction writer of her time, Dorothy Dunnett earned worldwide acclaim for her blend of scholarship and imagination. She is best known for her two superb series of historical fiction - The Lymond Chronicles and The House of Niccolo - set in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and ranging across Europe and the Mediterranean, and for King Hereafter, the eleventh-century story of Earl Thorfinn of Orkney whom Dorothy believed was also King Macbeth. In 1992, Dorothy Dunnett was awarded the OBE for her services to literature, and in 2014 Dunnett's most enduring hero, Francis Crawford of Lymond, was voted Scotland's favourite literary character - beating the likes of Sherlock Holmes, Harry Potter and Ivanhoe. Dunnett died 9 November 2001, having sold half a million copies internationally.
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