Dorothy Dunnett
Paperback | Pages: 543 pages Rating: 4.19 | 7280 Users | 1046 Reviews
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| Original Title: | The Game of Kings |
| ISBN: | 0679777431 (ISBN13: 9780679777434) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Lymond Chronicles #1 |
| Characters: | Mary of Guise, Queen of Scots, Francis Crawford of Lymond, Mary Queen of Scots, Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, Christian Stewart, Thomas Erskine, Richard Crawford |
| Setting: | Scotland,1547 |
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Dunnett introduces her irresistible hero Francis Crawford of Lymond, a scapegrace nobleman of elastic morals and dangerous talents whose tongue is as sharp as his rapier. In 1547 Lymond is returning to his native Scotland, which is threatened by an English invasion. Accused of treason, Lymond leads a band of outlaws in a desperate race to redeem his reputation and save his land.Be Specific About Based On Books The Game of Kings (The Lymond Chronicles #1)
| Title | : | The Game of Kings (The Lymond Chronicles #1) |
| Author | : | Dorothy Dunnett |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 543 pages |
| Published | : | April 29th 1997 by Vintage (first published 1961) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Cultural. Scotland. Fantasy. Adventure |
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Wow.I hadn't done that in a while. Staying up all night with a book is a pleasure when you have the morning to sleep in, not when your alarm rings before you've read the last page and you still haven't gone to bed. Last time I stayed up with a book - to the last page of a book - was in March, with (who'd have guessed?) Captive Prince: Volume One and Captive Prince: Volume Two. June is a busy month I should not be spending reading fiction, which is one reason I was keeping a moderate pace withSix stars out of five for Dorothy Dunnett. She's in class of her own when it comes to historical fiction and, while I continue to enjoy the epics told by Bernard Cornwell or Patrick O'Brian (the ones I'm currently in the middle of), I have to admit that in a celebrity deathmatch they would come second place to the Lymond / Niccolo series. Fans of the author tend towards unbridled enthusiasm (witness the 4,42 median rating here on Goodreads - the highest I've come across so far, and the
Top quality historical fiction. I can honestly say that this book had me enthralled from beginning to end. Usually with a book of this size and calibre I find myself finished within a day or so. With Lymond however its serves you better to take it slow. I had tried to read this book many months ago but I really struggled with the language. Ive mentioned in other reviews that I am dyslexic. Well this book is set in 1540s Scotland and speech is mostly written in the way that it is spoken, accent
I haven't quite finished, but feel the need to write some thoughts down. Will finish later. At first, I didn't quite know what to make of this book. It's written in a sort of antique English brogue with frequent French and old English spellings that are hard to read. I have mostly skimmed the parts I don't understand, being basically lazy, but when something was necessary for me to understand what was being said, I used Google, the ubiquitous explainer without which I could not live. I
I despised men who accepted their fate. I shaped mine twenty times and had it broken twenty times in my hands.Bold words from a bold man. Francis Crawford of Lymond has been accused of the most nefarious things: deceit, treachery, rape, drunkenness, murder,and just so he will for sure hang...treason. He has the same problem as Prince Harry of Wales does today. He is the spare son, the second son. The one that will have to make his own way while the grand Crawford estate goes to his older brother
My best effort at a response to this great read is to cheat and direct you to the fine reviews of Algernon and Jeffry Keeten. They covers so well its themes of betrayal and loss, love and loyalty, its stimulating mix of humor and adventure, and richness in characters and language.As a brief orientation, we are treated to the capers, conflicts, and liaisons of a mysterious outlaw in Scotland in the 1540s, a time when the British and French are competing to eventually take over Scotland by setting
Star Trek, deleted scene #674: McCoy: "He's dead, Jim."Kirk: "Hey, what's that stuck in his belly?"McCoy: "The Game of Kings: The Lymond Chronicles, Book 1. Poor bastard. He must've eaten the damn thing to end his suffering."Kirk: "...You're not gonna like what I brought along to read."McCoy: "What is it with you?"Seriously, though -- this book is boring, choppy, overwritten, wooden, & self-congratulatory. The flood of high ratings has me baffled. DNF & good riddance.[Edit: Shout-out to
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