This was really something of a tour de force by Dunnett. I'm still certain that I missed a significant percentage of the plot, and even more of the literary, historical and linguistic allusions. I really did enjoy this book, and will definitely read on in the series. Dunnett is a fearless writer ...
Series: Lymond Chronicles #2 Francis Crawford goes undercover to help protect little Queen Mary from the attempts on her life disguised as accidents. Of course he does this in a completely Lymond style where he almost gets sent home his first week and he’s later suspected of doing things he didn’t...
Series: The Lymond Chronicles #1 How to describe Game of Kings? The main character Lymond, aka Francis Crawford, is nastier than a rogue: he’s an outlaw with his own band of men who steal from the rich and give it to themselves, more or less. These are unsettled times, to put it mildly, with Engla...
3.5 stars, and, yes, I wish that I could justify more.I wanted to love this book. With the rest of the series already sitting on my shelf in the assumption that I would love it, imagine my surprise when I had to force myself to keep reading after the first 50 pages. If it hadn't come so highly recom...
‘One day,’ Sulien said, ‘I think the Throne of St Peter will be as firm as it seemed, for a moment, it might be; I think the Empire will find a design by which to rule that does not break down between one prince and the next. I think the storms will subside and as nation settles by nation, there wil...
I don't really have much to say at the moment. Just that Niccolo intrigues me and I want to figure him out. And that someone should get rid of Jordan de Riberac. Permanently. Curious fact: on AO3 there are fanfics about Lymond but not about Niccolo. Not that I'd necessary want to read about Niccol...
It's a bit of a change compared to The Lymond Chronicles but I'm not complaining. Not with the masterful storytelling and Niccolo for me to try to puzzle out.
What a wonderful book. Once one gets used to Dunnett's flowers language (which absolutely suits the book)one is transported into a world that's a combination of Sir Walter Scott and every 1950's Hollywood costumed historical film one has ever seen. All the clichés are there: drinking contests, trial...
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