In 1547 Francis Crawford of Lymond returns to his native Scotland to defend it from English invasion and to redeem his reputation even at the risk of his life.
Les Chroniques de Lymond Séries
Cette saga historique transporte les lecteurs dans le tumultueux XVIe siècle, retraçant la vie d'un aventurier charismatique et énigmatique. Son parcours est semé d'embûches, d'intrigues, de batailles et de retournements de situation à travers l'Europe. Le récit entrelace avec maestria conspirations politiques, dilemmes personnels et événements historiques majeurs. C'est une épopée sur la loyauté, la trahison et la quête d'identité à une époque de profonds bouleversements.
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Queens' Play
- 496pages
- 18 heures de lecture
Menaced by England and riven by internal discord, Scotland in 1548 clung to a single hope of survival as a nation and an alliance with France to be sealed by the betrothal of the five-year-old Mary, Queen of Scots, to the Dauphin. But once in France, Mary suffers a series of ominous accidents.
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The Disorderly Knights
Legendary Lymond Chronicles 3
Combining all the political intrigue of Game of Thrones with the sweeping romanticism of Outlander, Dorothy Dunnett’s legendary Lymond Chronicles have enthralled readers for decades and amassed legions of devoted fans. In this third volume of the series, Francis Crawford of Lymond is dispatched to embattled Malta to assist an order of crusading knights in defending the island against the Turks—only to discover that the greatest threat to the knights may lie within their own ranks. Having refused a commission from the dowager queen of Scotland, Lymond turns mercenary, heading to Malta to observe the Crusading Order of Knights Hospitaller of St. John, a brotherhood of monks sworn to defend Christendom with swords instead of sermons. The Knights’ beloved leader, Sir Graham Reid Malett, is devout and charming, and openly declares it his mission to turn Lymond from his mercenary ways and bring him into the order. But as the Turkish fleet launches a series of devastating attacks, Lymond comes to realize that there may be a much deadlier enemy closer at hand: an adversary who is as subtle as he is savage, and whose piety conceals an absolute genius for evil.
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Pawn in Frankincense
- 544pages
- 20 heures de lecture
Part of Dorothy Dunnett's series that explores the intricacies of 16th-century history through the exploits of the soldier Francis Crawford of Lymond.
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Set against the backdrop of Ivan the Terrible's brutal Russia, the fifth volume of the Lymond Chronicles follows Francis Crawford of Lymond as he attempts to escape his tumultuous past. However, he soon discovers that exile does not shield him from deadly political schemes or the shadows of his history. This installment weaves together intense political maneuvering and rich romantic elements, captivating fans with its intricate storytelling and complex characters.
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Le cronache di Lymond: Assalto alla torre
- 698pages
- 25 heures de lecture
Quinto libro delle leggendarie "Cronache di Lymond", Assalto alla torre è ambientato nella Russia barbarica di Ivan il Terribile. Francis Crawford di Lymond, soldato di ventura, erede esiliato della nobiltà scozzese, abile spadaccino e raffinato poeta, è tornato dalla magica e crudele Istanbul di Solimano il Magnifico, pronto ad affrontare nuove sfide in luoghi ancora meno conosciuti. Abbandonata l'Inghilterra di Maria Tudor, Lymond approda, infatti, a Mosca dove diventa consigliere e generale del folle zar e cerca di ingentilire i costumi di una corte rimasta al Medioevo più oscuro, un'impresa assai ardua, ma non quanto quella di scoprirsi finalmente e per la prima volta innamorato… In Inghilterra, intanto, tramano alle sue spalle e Lymond sarà costretto a rientrare precipitosamente.
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Checkmate
- 608pages
- 22 heures de lecture
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.
