Before George R. R. Martin there was Dorothy Dunnett . . .
PERFECT for fans of A Game of Thrones.
'She is a brilliant story teller, The Lymond Chronicles will keep you reading late into the night, desperate to know the fate of the characters you have come to care deeply about.' The Times Literary Supplement
Queen's Play is the second book in the series
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'The crossroads may not be of your own seeking, but at least the road you choose will be your own'
It is 1548 and seven-year-old Mary Queen of Scots, betrothed to her cousin the Dauphin, heir to the French throne, has been dispatched to France. But far from home and vulnerable, surrounded by the double-dealing and debauchery of a dangerous and unpredictable court, she suffers a series of 'accidents'.
Her mother, Scotland's Queen Dowager, orders Francis Crawford of Lymond to protect Mary, believing that at the very heart of Henri II's glittering, decadent court is an assassin hired to kill the infant monarch.
Lymond must secretly hunt down this individual before he himself is exposed . . .
'Vivid, engaging, densely plotted -- are almost certainly destined to be counted among the classics of popular fiction' New York Times
'Melodrama of the most magnificent kind' The Guardian
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Menaced by England and riven by internal discord, Scotland in 1548 has only one hope for survival as a nation- 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'. The one man Mary's mother, the Queen Dowager, feels that she can trust to protect her daughter, now seven, is Francis Crawford of Lymond. Despatched to France, Lymond embarks upon a nightmare game of hide-and-seek at the very heart of Henri II's glittering, decadent court. To expose the would-be assassin, he is ready to gamble his life, but does not foresee, as do his friends, what else he may lose. Queens' Play is part of the Lymond Chronicles. Other titles are- The Game of Kings; The Disorderly Knights; Pawn in Frankincense; The Ringed Castle; and Checkmate. 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. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780140282405
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Book Description Condition: New. 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. Series: The Lymond Chronicles. Num Pages: 496 pages, map. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 37. Weight in Grams: 344. . 1999. Paperback. . . . . Seller Inventory # V9780140282405
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Book Description Condition: New. 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. Series: The Lymond Chronicles. Num Pages: 496 pages, map. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 37. Weight in Grams: 344. . 1999. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # V9780140282405