Checkmate
For the first time Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles are available in the United States in quality paperback editions.Sixth in the legendary Lymond Chronicles, Checkmate takes place in 1557, where Francis Crawford of Lymond is once again in France, leading an army against England. But even as the Scots...
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For the first time Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles are available in the United States in quality paperback editions.Sixth in the legendary Lymond Chronicles, Checkmate takes place in 1557, where Francis Crawford of Lymond is once again in France, leading an army against England. But even as the Scots adventurer succeeds brilliantly on the battlefield, his haunted past becomes a subject of intense interest to forces on both sides.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780679777489 (0679777482)
ASIN: 679777482
Publish date: September 2nd 1997
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 581
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Historical Romance,
France,
16th Century,
Scotland
Series: The Lymond Chronicles (#6)
I don't feel coherent enough to review this book, and I'm not sure I ever will. What I can say is that it is painful and it is beautiful and I will read it again. I've got a playlist of sappy songs with the only purpose to comfort myself. Also I've got the perfect Lymond in my mind: And som...
The final book in the Lymond Chronicles and a spectacular finish! Checkmate opens as Lymond and his band of mercenaries leave England behind and travel to France to serve the French King in his battles with King Phillip. As Lymond is still set upon returning to Russia King Henri offers Lymond the an...
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